Was wir noch nicht kennen by ELIZA Leopold Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 60 x 80 cm Year: 2026 Price: $1700.00 USD Status: available Was wir noch nicht kennen (What We Do Not Yet Know) explores curiosity as the beginning of discovery. A watchful fox emerges from a vibrant, abstract world of overlapping colours and geometric forms. Its attentive gaze contrasts with the movement surrounding it, while a luminous circular shape suggests an opening towards the unknown. The fox represents the moment when something unfamiliar begins to attract our attention. Curiosity does not require certainty or immediate action. It begins with the willingness to observe, question, and remain open to new possibilities. “Curiosity begins when we turn towards what we do not yet know.” Why collect this work?Two foxes remain sharply legible while their bodies merge into a fractured field, making recognition feel provisional rather than secure. Leopold states that her paintings begin with questions and keep familiar forms ambiguous. Here, that intention is supported by the tension between identifiable animals and an environment that resists stable description.In the photograph, overlapping arcs, wedges and dark contours converge around the foxes’ touching heads. A pale circular form above them creates a second focus, shifting attention between watchfulness and an unreadable distance.Catalogue metadata identifies acrylic on canvas, 60 by 80 cm, dated 2026. The medium permits opaque blocks, translucent-looking sweeps and abrupt contour changes, although exact colour and surface cannot be confirmed from the photograph.The work is particularly relevant to collections examining how animal imagery survives abstraction. Its foxes are neither isolated portrait subjects nor concealed motifs; they become a test of how quickly scattered shapes assemble into meaning. About the ArtistELIZA Leopold ELIZA Leopold is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Stadtilm, DE. Nationality: German My work begins with questions. What do we see before we understand? What remains when boundaries disappear?
