Art Story

"Van de verwarring tot orde en van orde tot verwarring" depicts a seated figure, positioned at a table or similar surface. The figure holds an object - likely a rod - which serves as a visual anchor within the composition and bears Raveel's characteristic stripe pattern. The title suggests a cyclical movement between chaos and structure. The absence of colour reinforces this tension: the image focuses entirely on form and composition, with no distraction from colour - but also without a clear interpretive key or obvious point of reference. Notably, the typically recognisable white planes in Raveel's work appear here in black - an inversion that adds to the sense of disorientation. Precisely through this ambiguity, the viewer's own line of thought seems to mirror the cyclical logic of the title: from confusion to order, and back again. Perhaps that is exactly what the work intends to evoke?