Kosta Morr

My paintings are painting with deliberate carelessness in various cases. It can be abstract or figurative painting, but I like to see how the colors and shapes fall on the canvas. Bringing the inner state to the outside, in silhouettes and colors, is my main task. I like semantic contrasts, when serious and scary things are presented in a naive way, and something unimportant is adored and brought up for inspection.

I am inspired by everything strange and beautiful. Fascinatingly primitive and intentionally random. I am constantly looking for unusual combinations of colors, shapes and symbols that give birth to new, deeper symbols or feelings.

The most important thing for me is the inner state of the viewer. What does he feel when he looks at my paintings? This is the main question. How does the idea respond? Is the viewer simply enjoying the color scheme, as if listening to music?

The main message is a different internal state of a person. The idea is to switch the person into a new state that they like or fear.

My works are born by themselves. An idea arises in the head, which can be got rid of in only one way - to express it on canvas. Personally, it is a relief for me when I stop thinking about it and can calmly consider what has turned out.

Education:

2010 - 2015 Ukrainian TV, Radio Broadcasting and Press Institute.
Education artistic photography, drawing, painting, directing.

2018 current Ki?v School of Contemporary Art
Education of painting, the theory of contemporary art.

Exhibitions:

Believe in Ukraine Bilous Gallery (Austria) 8 Sep 2022 - 21 Sep 2022.
7+2 RA Gallery (Ukraine) 24 May 2020 - 7 Jun 2020.
Collection and more RA Gallery (Ukraine) 6 Sep 2019 - 26 Sep 2019.
Adult experience Institute of Contemporary Art (Ukraine) 20 Jan 2019 - 20 Feb 2019.

Artistic Influences:

Wilhelm Sasnal
Gerhard Richter
Andy Warhol
 

Tags:

People, pop-art, expressionism, minimalism, folk, animals.