Verschlungenes Wachstum
| Edition | Original Art |
|---|---|
| Sujet | Abstract |
| Technique | Mixed Media |
| Height | 150 cm |
| Width | 150 cm |
| Length/Depth | 2 cm |
Medium:
Acrylic on canvas, oil pastels
By ‘translating’ colours and lines, I reconstruct microscopic details of space and the materialised traces of light and shadow. In paintings devoid of specific human figures, I attempt to capture the essence of human life through ‘invisible traces’.
In my paintings, lines and curving fields of colour are not mere decoration, but the ‘skeleton’ and ‘musculature’ with which I reconstruct reality :
Curved fields of colour: these are my abstraction of fluctuating lighting conditions. They break up the rigidity of the space and lend the light a material presence. These fields shift within minimal variations in hue and low saturation, simulating a subtle, constant change.
Lines : They act as a latch on the passing of time. They weave through the colour fields, sometimes as paths guiding the eye, sometimes as rhythms that break the silence. These organic forms and natural curves constitute my core language, born of the ‘simplification’ and ‘translation’ of real objects. They liberate form from the weight of meaning, leaving behind pure aesthetics and rhythm.
Cong Cong
Born in Dalian, China
Living and studying in Karlsruhe, Germany
He has been studying at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe since 2021.
In Leni Hoffmann’s class, currently in his seventh semester.
Structure, content and the freedom of the imagination I prefer to use collage, combining different levels of saturation and colour nuances to make space visible. For me, painting means constructing structures, filling them with content and engaging in a continuous creative process. I use lines to break up large areas of colour and seek that one, captured moment in the tension between balance and imbalance.
It is precisely the simplicity of these colour fields and the reduction of colour that open up a vast space for the viewer’s own imagination. When the canvas is no longer overloaded with representational details, it transforms into an ‘open vessel’. These visual voids are like half-open doors, inviting the viewer to step inside with their own memories and emotions. As the picture does not dictate a definitive answer, it becomes an individual reflection of time, space and emotion for each person.
Scholarship
Scholarship for gifted international students
Exhibitions
2024 >>A real Z<< at Bulacher Kreuz, Karlsruhe, Germany
2023 Galerie Klüber, group exhibition, WEINHEIM, Germany
2023 Summer Exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
2023 “Gone to see a man about a dog”, group exhibition at Luis Leu, Karlsruhe, Germany
2022 “Nobody asked for it”. Joint exhibition, Kassel, Germany
2022 Summer Exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, Germany
2022 “Un prezzolino da ciclo”, “144=441”, Wuppertal, Germany
2022 “Art Karlsruhe”, Karlsruhe, Germany
2022 “Art North”, Copenhagen, Denmark
Other artworks by the artist
