![]() ![]() I also employ perspective to create the illusion of an enveloping sense of scale. Works by Richard Serra, Claude Monet, David Hockney and Anselm Kiefer have taught me that increasing scale forces a physical involvement and I enjoy using large canvases when possible. I play with the power of colour to effect our emotions, consider light sources, work with scale and vary perspectives. Eager that this joyful experience be passed on to others I look for ways envelop the viewer, transforming them into a participant. This is sheer delight I paint as an expression of my own vitality. I find their inherent archaic references grounding, painting them gives me a sense of timelessness. Both impress me with their monumental scale, the light filtered through translucent colours and the strong, uplifting verticals. 2023 to 2024 his works will be exhibited at the Mark Rothko Museum and Art Beijing art fair.In the forest I always see echos of cathedrals and vice versa. They betray the intention of the artist to turn away from the dark sides of the of German history and to approach new, brighter and to approach new, brighter shores.ĭik’s work is a powerful reflection of our time and will and will certainly be remembered for a long time. In the more recent and newest works, which were created during the Corona pandemic and also in the museum exhibition in China (Hong Art Museum 2022), there are more the rays of hope are multiplying. While the artist in his previous the tragedies and traumas of German history, they are not tragedies and traumas of German history, they are are no longer the predominant themes in the of the painter. It does not develop according to a a predetermined plan, but develops while I paint. When I paint, I swim in my colors and go up and down with them. The colors bubble up out of me as an eruptive expression of my fears, my anger, and my but also my feelings and longings. The artist himself emphasizes in conversation that he “does not use colors according to nature and his own external own external sensory impressions. This trend will also arouse interest in in the work of Alexander Dik. Against the background debates about the influence of racism and and colonialism, art criticism is shedding more light than ever more than ever before, art criticism illuminates the social art. Art is no longer autonomous art for art’s sake is no longer in demand. Nowadays there are more and more questions about the connections between art and life. Alexander’s knowledge of social and human abysses did not alter his artistic status, but lent his works a depth that could not be found that one looks for in vain among established and better in vain. Only a few painters knew misery and hunger from their own experience, such as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, Heinrich and Martha Vogeler and Vogeler or Otto Dix. The artists come from middle-class, educated, artistic educated and artistic backgrounds, which which enable them to prepare for their profession at an early age. ![]() Such life stories are rare in European art history. ![]() He often uses his art, to express his fears and anxieties, especially in times of crisis such as the pandemic and the current Russia-Ukraine war. Dik’s work is influenced by his life story as well as current events. His work is characterized by pathos and exuberance as well as expressiveness and bold colors. Alexander Dik is a contemporary artist known for his neo-expressionism. ![]()
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