»O«, is a series where the other turns into a projection surface for one’s own (mental) states. The title refers to the oval of the face, as well as to the onomatopoetic sound that one makes, when surprised or struck by emotion, »Oh«
unloneley (2022), oil on canvas, 28x22cmcurrents (2021), oil on canvas, 28x22cmmirror 1 (2021), oil on canvas, 28x20cmmirror 2 (2021), oil on canvas, 28x20cm cutie (2021), oil on canvas, 24x18cmuntitled (2020), oil on canvas, 24×18 cm year of the pigs (2020), oil on canvas, 28×22 cmsmall face (2020), oil on canvas, 28×22 cmI can‘t deny my heritage 1 (2020), oil on canvas, 24×18 cm o.T. (2019), 24×18 cm, oil canvascyborg love (2020), 30×40 cm, oil on canvasTwan 4 Jahre (2019) 24×18 cm, oil canvassleeping ghosts (2020), oil on canvas, 24×18 cmwhite hot (2020), oil on canvas, 24×18 cmportrait of my mother and a mountain ghost (2020), oil on canvas, 24×18 cm
untitled (2020), oil on canvas, 24×18 cmuntitled (2020), oil on canvas, 28×22 cmo.T. (2019) 24×18 cm, oil canvasuntitled (2020), oil on canvas, 110×80 cm untitled (2020), oil on canvas, 60×45 cm hazy (2020), 31×42 cm, oil on canvaso.T. (2019), 28×35 cm, oil on canvas
The image, whether it is a face or not, is me, a reflection of the self, a way to reveal something about oneself. The inside, that turns to the outside, that makes visible what might otherwise remain hidden, the disease that shows itself on the discoloration of the cheek and on the dark rings under the eyes.
vanity (2019), 24×18 cm, oil canvasuntitled (2020), oil on canvas, 28×22 cm
Twan Geissberger 