Language as material. Poems operating at the intersection of personal testimony and social critique — published and performed.

Critical Poetry is the written dimension of Jan Richter's practice — a body of work that treats language not as decoration but as raw material. Each poem is constructed with the same precision and emotional charge that defines his visual work.
The poems operate at the intersection of personal testimony and social critique, drawing from lived experience, cultural observation, and psychological depth. They have been published in literary journals and performed at cultural events across Europe.
Since 2009, this practice has grown alongside the visual disciplines — informing and being informed by the same aesthetic sensibility that runs through all of Richter's work.
Written poetry, spoken word, published text
2009 — ongoing
Literary journals, cultural events, live readings across Europe