Collection: Girmachew Getnet

For the artist Girmachew Getnet, colour plays a prominent role as a creative tool. His expressive compositions always follow the same meaningful dimensions: on the one hand, there are the characteristic black heads that are at the centre of the picture, surrounded by colourful, bright and expressive strokes of colour. The material of the colour is written impasto onto the untreated linen, creating an immediate contrast between the untreated background and the modelled foreground.

The artist's sources of inspiration are wide-ranging: predominantly inspired by African art and culture, he mixes these impressions with references to German expressionism and contemporary styles. Both nature and the idea of ​​an all-encompassing universe feed the creativity with which he creates his works. He repeatedly positions himself in direct dialogue with his surroundings and the self-portrait finds its way into the colorful imagery. The Girmachew Getnet ses, in turn, is juxtaposed with different animals and insects, such as parrots and bees, thus creating relationships in the colorful image space.

The seemingly random brushstrokes that appear almost explosively on the canvas are the result of a conscious and concentrated analysis by the artist and are only mixed together and into each other on the background of the painting. The color thus comes to life through intensity and acquires incredible expressiveness.