Lately I've been relishing the architectural works on paper by the brilliant Italian/German artist Miresi (lives in Berlin). Her website is located by Clicking Here and she has a monograph available through Charta. Initially her "traditional" approach may be startling in an era where postmodern installations seem to be the norm but she examines history, particularly through the "aura" of historical buildings in a large scale is rather impressive.

Her work reminds me of Luc Tuymans particularly in the use broad sweeping lines and reserved, muted colors. However, Tuymans tends to focus on the idea of history in relation to personal history whereas Miresi is more interested in the broad shapes and motion of lines in a Futurism sense of the word. Her version of history is dominant in terms of looking at how it is hidden in the use of the buildings by humans, particularly in her rendition of the Reichstag and Jewish memorials.

-qi peng