Behind the Canvas
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About the artist
Carl Krull (b. 1975) studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Polen and the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico. His work has, among other venues, been exhibited at ARoS, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, and performed at the Royal Theatre in Denmark and internationally, including the USA, Poland and France. Most recently, he exhibited at Tokyo Gendai in Japan, presenting a solo show and live drawing performances on large-scale sheets of paper.
Vision & Inspiration
Carl Krull is known for his seismographic work method. His drawings and paintings depict figures inhabiting topographical territories that break new ground, revealing our world as if mapped by sonar and echolocated in space. In his paintings, instead of brushstrokes adding paint, the image emerges from the fingers removing the paint, as if the canvas were a foggy mirror. A portrait materializes, consisting of unrestrained lines representing both longitudes and latitudes simultaneously. Circular orbits appear in the wet paint and expose the surface of a face, like a distant planet scanned by an interstellar probe. A portrait emerges without specific characteristics and remains open and transparent. Krull’s technique involves layering lines resembling longitudes, latitudes, and meridian curves, forming intricate networks that challenge the inherent flatness of the medium.
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Q&A
What is the Seismic method?
I draw in an almost sculptural manner, and my expression is of a topographical nature. The images emerge as if printed by an inkjet printer, one horizontal line after another…
Who are the depicted figures?
I seek out and capture the essence of an entity through an intuitive, improvisational process. Driven by the excitement of discovering an uncharted identity, I return with its essence in a distilled form on the canvas.
Favorite technique when painting?
Instead of brushstrokes adding paint, the image emerges from my fingers removing the paint, as if the canvas had been a foggy mirror. A portrait materializes consisting of unrestrained movements representing both longitudes and latitudes simultaneously.
Why do you work as you do?
I strive to dissolve the boundaries between sculpture, drawing, and painting. A new territory emerges, where boundaries are erased… something new appear, I’m exposing something unknown, like an interstellar probe scanning a distant planet.
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