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simon thon
Germany
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- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 55.1x39.4in
About this artwork
This work captivates with its extraordinary and bold composition, which thrives on an extreme contrast between emptiness and density. The upper half of the canvas is dominated by a monumental, monochromatic yellow, an intense, almost vibrant color space that hangs over the scene like a heavy sky or a dazzling stage set.
In stark contrast, a group of sketchily, almost eruptically rendered figures in dusty rose, fleshy tones crowd together in the… lower third of the painting. Some faces are fragmented like masks, others frozen in familiar, everyday gestures, like the silhouette on the left, which brings its hand to its mouth as if whispering or shouting a secret. The black, expressive lines hold the dynamic teeming mass together, while the deliberate distribution of the image's mass creates a palpable psychological tension. A fascinating, neo-expressionist statement.
In stark contrast, a group of sketchily, almost eruptically rendered figures in dusty rose, fleshy tones crowd together in the… lower third of the painting. Some faces are fragmented like masks, others frozen in familiar, everyday gestures, like the silhouette on the left, which brings its hand to its mouth as if whispering or shouting a secret. The black, expressive lines hold the dynamic teeming mass together, while the deliberate distribution of the image's mass creates a palpable psychological tension. A fascinating, neo-expressionist statement.
simon thon
Germany
Credentials
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
Simon Thon studied at the Ruhr Academy of Fine Arts and subsequently worked in advertising before becoming a freelance photographer. His photographic work also maintains a clear artistic expression. Nevertheless, painting remains his true focus. In his studio, his work evolved from early figurative, realistic motifs to increasingly freer abstraction. He rejects the constraints of a single style and understands art as an open process. His painting thus becomes an intimate form of communication and, at the same time, an instrument for understanding the world and its current tensions. Social contradictions, frictions, and shifts act as underlying forces in his paintings, lending them both emotional and intellectual urgency.
simon thon
“Gesellschaft”
$3,640
