Rosa Jaisli’s sculptures are the result of an elementary process of work. Stones of alabaster are cut into and cut open, creating cubic forms and cavities. The interior of the stone is subjected to a subjective order. The tectonic structures are either openly visible or must be sensed, especially when the stone is hollowed only from the sides and the interior remains concealed.
Rosa Jaisli is not interested in quick comprehension, but in a slow visual and haptic probing and “grasping”. Contradictions within the conception generate irritations that lead to questions about our spatial thinking and our orientation in space. Yet these “invented architectures”, with their shifting and surprising possibilities of looking in and looking through, offer not only a rational challenge but also an element of mystery. They are, as it were, an appeal to our memory, our curiosity, and our uncertainty in the face of unknown places.
from the catalogue “Rosa Jaisli, Skulpturen”
Galerie El Patio, Bremen, 1992