I have always enjoyed working intensely with colour and line to create an image that has a strong visual effect and speaks of value in effort and liberating colour from form.
I first started with circles back in March, in my yr two pilot show installation. My idea was to reference town lights through, shape, colour, and combine them with the fast pace of town. The colours and circular movement of the lines drew the viewer into a sort of vortex.
I looked closely at vortices and the effect of their movement on the viewer's eye, not allowing them to focus on a specific point and putting the viewer out of complacency through this movement and choice of colours.
Van Gogh's painting, "Starry Night," was a a starting point for capturing the movement of light and stars in the night sky. I then translated this idea to my pilot show work and have carried it through to my current works.
COLOUR!
Colour has played a huuge role in my art practice and combined with line it allows me to push the visual comfort of the viewer.
Looking at the creating movement:
http://www.montana-cans.com/montana-blog/2013/08/23/red-never-follows-steffen-seeger-port-magazine-1/
“Also exhibiting is Berlin-based artist Steffen Seeger, who uses his aptly titled ‘One Line’ technique to create images from a single fluid motion in a range of ink-based medias. Betty Wood spoke to the German artist ahead of the exhibition’s opening on 31 July to find out more about his fascination with the fleeting, and how his technique has grown from an early interest in letter writing.”
http://www.port-magazine.com/feature/red-never-follows-steffen-steeger/#&panel1-1 -
The Berlin-based artist discusses the origins his unorthodox ‘One Line’ technique ahead of HUGO’s 20th anniversary expo
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