Nectar

A solo exhibition from 2024

Formation Gallery

**Technicolor** – acrylics on canvas // 100 x 80cm

**Nucleus** – acrylics on canvas // 190 x 130cm

…paintings unfold fresh and colorful, pointing to the exhibition’s title, NECTAR – one feels drawn in, captivated by the appetizing and sensory expression.

… Carl has thus loosened the reins and arrived at an even more freely imaginative expression. The colors are very vivid, almost technicolor, harkening back to the title, which evokes thoughts of flowers and honey, where the motifs appear almost edible in their intensity and explosion of color. The body is brought into focus more, with arms, legs, and a wild freshness immediately catching the eye. Krull has opened himself up to a freer expression.

Juxtapoz Magazine // Presentation

**Ronja** – acrylics on canvas // 100 x 80cm

**Mime** – acrylics on canvas // 150 x 130cm

**Cuckoo** – acrylics on canvas // 130 x 110cm

… the title of the exhibition is ambiguous. It takes him back to his childhood when he spent every summer visiting his grandparents in Poland. Upon arriving at the Polish countryside close to the Ukrainian border, the first thing he did was run out to his grandfather’s bees in the garden to watch them dance in the air, in and out of beehives. The honey from his childhood bees sticks in his memory as a sweet reminder. At the same time, the title leads his thoughts towards his mother, who was also an artist. Her works were often inhabited by the bat and the hummingbird, which, like the bee, also drink nectar. Nectar is also the drink of the Olympic gods, their source of eternal life. The life of the artworks continues after the artist’s own life is over, like a blooming nectar-filled fruit that remains forever young and relevant. Welcome to NECTAR.

Press Release on Artsy

**Model** – acrylics on canvas // 150 x 120cm

**Kabuki** – acrylics on canvas // 140 x 110cm

**Bob Cut** – acrylics on canvas // 100 x 80cm

**Spectator** – acrylics on canvas // 190 x 150cm

**Ko-Omote** – acrylics on canvas // 140 x 110cm

**Jump** – acrylics on canvas // 130 x 100cm

**Radiance** – acrylics on canvas // 100 x 50cm

**Cannonball** – acrylics on canvas // 190 x 150cm

**Blitz** – acrylics on canvas // 65 x 50cm

**Lady** – acrylics on canvas // 150 x 130cm

**Peachy** – acrylics on canvas // 115 x 90cm

**Nectar** – acrylics on canvas // 120 x 90 cm

**Meuf** – acrylics on canvas // 130 x 90cm

**Peak** – acrylics on canvas // 150 x150cm

**Fingers** – acrylics on canvas // 200 x 130cm

… In the exhibition “Protagonist” two years ago, we witnessed the first steps in this newly liberated aesthetic. He opened up to painting and colors at Formation Gallery’s inaugural exhibition. Here, the portrait, the protagonist, took center stage. Fingers moved across the canvas, akin to a dewy window or mirror after a steamy bath. The contour was lifted, and the face emerged through thousands of circuits, longitudes, and latitudes intersecting in a complex whirl. In the new paintings, the artist has let loose. The experiences gained previously are a baggage that occasionally still finds expression, but there are no rules anymore. Meticulously and curiously, Krull excavates the motifs from the layers of paint and canvas. In a performative balancing act, the artist experiments with adding, mixing, stopping, continuing, destroying, painting over, and “finding” the motif..