Silence Monumentalism Structure

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All text, images, concepts, and drawings on this site are original works by the author.

Silent Monumentalism is presented here as an original artistic discipline.

Silent Monumentalism — Structural Notes (Sketchbook)

Pieter Lategan, 2026

This sketchbook is not a space for finished images.
It is a working field where structure, discipline, and thinking are made visible.

The focus here is not style, but logic.

Core principles under study:

Structure
Load / weight
Support
Repetition
Grounding
Stands / Exists

The movement of the work:

2D → 3D
Figure → object → structure
Less said → more present

The figure is not treated as narrative or emotion,
but as a carrier of weight and mass.

There is no story.
No symbolism.
No emotional instruction.

The form stands.
It exists.

Discipline, not style

Silent Monumentalism is approached here as a discipline-based practice, not as an aesthetic style.
The exterior remains quiet and uniform.
Complexity exists internally — through structure, logic, and function.

These notes are not meant to explain everything.
They document a repeatable method.

Notes on reference

Historical artists and practices are studied here only for structural logic, not for subject matter, narrative, or stylistic quotation.

© Pieter Lategan, 2026
Silent Monumentalism — discipline-based practice

Reference Notes (Structural Context Only)

Donald Judd — logic before image; objects that stand without metaphor or narrative.
Giorgio Morandi — method and repetition as discipline rather than expression.
Agnes Martin — restraint, rules, and quiet structure over emotion.

These references inform structural thinking only.
No visual quotation, symbolism, or narrative is carried into the final work.