French artist, born in 1989, Robin Obitz simulates architectural drawing with the soul of a landscape painter. On the occasion of his new solo exhibition "Exhibition three", around twenty new works will be unveiled, presenting a new series by the artist.
Robin Obitz grew up in contact with the works of Jean Gorin, a member of the neo-plastic movement, a major influence in his artistic development. Robin Obitz's painting is resolutely sentimental, marked by lyrical abstraction, without forced intention. His strength lies in the perpetual reinterpretation of his own models. Although he expresses an obsession with lines and strokes, which sometimes overlap or limit each other, his gesture is of absolute freedom. Obitz is poetry through color.
Robin Obitz's acrylics are windows open onto harmonious landscapes. Rectangular surfaces assembled like movable partitions recall the play between abstraction and figuration found in Richard Diebenkorn's Ocean Park series. As if through the windows of a train, the landscapes pass by. The white margins that surround the surfaces give the whole a fluidity, into which one wants to slip freely. In works such as Miroirs pastel (2024), Obitz explores a play of mirrors that literally immerses the viewer in the canvas, amplifying the feeling of depth and introspection.
Sometimes, decorative elements are integrated into his Intérieurs to reinforce the alliance between humans and nature. In Prouvéetmoi (2024), Obitz plays with the idea of mise en abyme by creating spaces evoking an imaginary museum, like a personal museum. His compositions with pure colors find echoes in modern architecture, notably the glass roofs, which recall Jean Prouvé's modular metal house. A reference to design is highlighted by the insertion of a red chair, adding a significant note of color in his canvases dominated by muted tones.
In his latest series, Robin Obitz's search for synthesis reaches a peak, where color breathes with a new freedom, while white regains its place as a guiding line, structuring the space and guiding the eye towards the center of the work. This use of white, essential to balance shapes and colors, evokes Kazimir Malevich's research on Suprematism, where white becomes a space of contemplation and depth.
In this series, Obitz extinguishes his colors with the addition of pastel tones and darkening filters, creating a more melancholic atmosphere. This transformation gives his landscapes a dreamlike and mysterious quality, giving way to darker and deeper compositions. This dialogue between tones evokes the way Mark Rothko uses color to generate a deep emotional experience, capturing the essence of human emotions through deceptively simple colored fields.
Robin Obitz embodies a radical and spontaneous form of artistic expression. His works demonstrate his desire to capture the essence of the moment, where color and form detach themselves from expectations to reveal a raw and authentic beauty. In his quest for renewal, the artist creates a universe where serenity is manifested through a palette dominated by blue and white, enriched with subtle touches of pastel colors.
Milena Oldfield.
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