In the Wrong Place

Wrong Place, produced in 2022 using mixed media and acrylic in dimensions of 21.5×14.5 cm, is a composition that harbors great existential tension in a small format. The title establishes a deeply familiar feeling with two words. Being in the wrong place; that strange discord you feel in the space, relationship, moment, or life you're in. Neither completely outside nor completely inside, neither completely foreign nor completely belonging. This work is the visual translation of that feeling. The overall structure of the composition also formally carries this discord. The tension between the soft, round, and calm beige-cream areas on the left side and the hard, sharp, and fiery red-orange forms on the right and upper part tells of the forced coexistence of two different worlds on the same surface. These two languages do not understand each other; they have come side by side but cannot merge. This is exactly the essence of being in the wrong place. The sharp, pointed forms shooting up from the center — in red, orange, yellow, and green tones — symbolize an impulse to escape, a desire to get away from where one is. These forms rise by breaking away from the round, stable areas below; as if crying out that they don't belong to the ground. However, this ascent is not completely free either; the dark areas around them compress and pull them back. Halftone dot textures occupy a particularly meaningful position in this work. These print areas positioned in the lower left and right center point to the mediatic and social dimension of being in the wrong place. Patterns, expectations, and codes — these too are parts of a wrong place. The turquoise and blue curves flow like a thin line of freedom through all this tension; perhaps traces of an exit route, perhaps just a breath. The conflict between the calm yellow and beige tones of the circular form in the left corner and the purple and brown on the right summarizes the endless oscillation between belonging and alienation. No area is completely peaceful; each form leans against another's boundary. Wrong Place presents discord not as a tragedy, but as an honest state of existence. The work does not judge that disturbing feeling; it makes it visible and thus does not leave those who carry it alone. Because feeling in the wrong place is ultimately a universal and shared experience that belongs to human nature.

• Painting Type: Mixed Media
• Year: 2021
• Style: Abstract
• Subject Matter: Abstract
• Surface: Cardboard
• Dimensions: Width: 21.5 × Height: 14.5
• Orientation: Horizontal/Landscape
• Frame: Framed
• Color Palette: Multicolor
• Technique: Brush Work, Palette Knife, Impasto, Collage
• Finish: Varnished
• Signature: Signed
• Condition: Excellent
• Authenticity: Original
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• Certificate: Certificate of Authenticity