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| Edition | Original Art |
|---|---|
| Sujet | Abstract |
| Technique | Painting |
| Height | 70 cm |
| Width | 50 cm |
| Length/Depth | 3 cm |
Media:
Oil, acrylic, pastel chalk and acrylic marker on canvas (I’ll include the frame as a gift)
Year of creation:
2025
Technique:
Mixed media
Having set aside my purely abstract approach for several years, I am currently working on several series in parallel, ranging from realistic to abstract figurative and on to purely abstract. I have remained true to my approach of juxtaposing abstract, organic elements with graphic, linear ones to create an overall composition that is dynamic through contrast, yet still harmonious.
Moving away somewhat from the pastel colour palette of 2024, I am currently enjoying working with slightly earthier tones, which are framed in a walnut-stained finish.
Shipping:
The artwork is shipped stretched on a stretcher frame – complete with a certificate of authenticity and the artist’s signature on the reverse.
Martin Collmann
In his paintings, Collmann focuses almost exclusively on the human figure as his central thematic motif, portraying it in an abstract manner and creating a process-driven interplay of colours and forms that combines a dynamic brushstroke with graphic elements – the result is a compelling symbiosis in which gestural freedom and compositional rigour interpenetrate.
Thematically, he operates on the borderline between abstraction and figuration, exploring the fragile balance between closeness and distance in human interaction. The works thus serve as surfaces onto which emotional ambivalences are projected, reflecting both the longing for intimacy and the need for individuality.
Awards/Nominations:
:
- awarded the Art Prize of the City of Georgsmarienhütte (Art and Culture Foundation) 2024; nominated
- for the Art Promotion Prize of the Federal Association of Visual Artists (2019)
- Nominated for the Osnabrück Art Prize 2024
Grants :
- Grant holder of the Ingeborg Sieber Foundation
- 2024–2026
Exhibitions :
- Artlab Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich (2025)
- SKM Community Exhibition, Leipzig (2025)
- HardArt, solo exhibition, Kleine Freiheit, Osnabrück (2024)
- Georgsmarienhütte Art Prize 2024, Art and Culture Foundation, awarded 1st
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- Prize
- 2024, exhibition at the Osnabrück Museumsquartier, Felix-Nussbaum-Haus; Exhibition
- of selected works at the Leisen Speicher, Osnabrück (2022);
- Exhibition of selected works at the Galerie Junge Kunst, Osnabrück (2021)
- ‘Neuanfang’, Osnabrück University Hospital (2021)
- Exhibition of selected works at the Vitrinengallerie
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- Osnabrück (2020)
- ‘vormorgen’, Gütersloh Art Association (2020)
- ‘Contra’, Lutherhaus, Osnabrück (2019)
- ‘Schauräume’, Kesselbrink, Bielefeld (2019), awarded the BBK Art
- Promotion Prize ‘Gedankensplitter’, Kunstverein Dissen (2019)
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