This abstract artwork features a bold, geometric composition on a vibrant red background. The prominent shapes are bold, black angular forms set against a solid crimson field, with subtle infusions of purple adding depth and visual interest. The overall aesthetic is striking and dynamic, emphasizing the interplay of color, shape, and negative space. The artist's distinctive style and technical mastery suggest a minimalist sensibility that likely reflects their intention to elicit an emotive response from the viewer through the interplay of basic visual elements. ...
Christian Flamm approaches the poetics of abstraction and the politics of form through collage, drawing, and mixed-media installations. Reworking visual elements from Modernist traditions, mid-century graphic design, and everyday ephemera, he creates fragmented compositions that disrupt perception, evoke memory, and open up fractured narratives. Working primarily with found materials—magazine clippings, archival paper, and printed matter—Flamm assembles arrangements that both embrace and destabilize formal harmony. His practice is marked by a sensitivity to texture, geometry, and visual rhythm, often invoking Constructivist and Bauhaus aesthetics while subverting their utopian ideals. Flamm’s compositions resist fixed interpretation; instead, they unfold as visual riddles, shaped by intuitive processes and chance encounters. Through deliberate layering and spatial shifts, he invites viewers to reflect on systems of meaning, authorship, and the instability of image-making. With a minimalist palette and precise yet playful execution, Flamm reclaims obsolete or discarded materials, imbuing them with new context and life. His practice engages with themes of fragmentation, historical residue, and the quiet tension between order and chaos, proposing abstraction as both a formal exercise and a conceptual inquiry into the nature of representation. ...
Dépendance is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2003 by Michael Callies and Stephan Jaax in Brussels. Situated in the heart of the city, the gallery has established itself as a pivotal space for critical and experimental artistic practices. Since its inception, dépendance has been dedicated to presenting works that challenge conventions and engage with social and political themes. The gallery's program includes both emerging and established artists, fostering a dynamic dialogue within the contemporary art scene. ...
