Collection: Tobias Kielinger

Tobias Kielinger lives and works in Ketzin, Brandenburg.
Kielinger, studied at the Academy of Art in Münster under Prof. Timm Ulrichs. Furthermore, he studied at the renown Academy of Arts in Düsseldorf with Prof. Klaus Rinke and Prof. Gerhard Merz.

Kielinger states the following about his own artworks: 
"You wouldn't believe it, my abstract, informal way of painting, has its origin in
landscape painting. I am interested in creating "spaces" that invite the viewer
ideally to linger around for a while."

As an expressive-abstract painting artist, the aspect of time is important to him. Hence, music is an important factor influencing his work. Kielinger refers to Richard Wagner's Parsifal - "You see, my son, time becomes space here". In accordance with Wagner Kielinger wants to illustrate the act of creation itself and spatially visualise the artistic decisions making as some kind of timeline perceived through the painting.
This is being achieved by means of painting techniques - almost analogous to compositional procedures of Gustav Mahler. Specifically through alienation effects, for example through a rough painting style, which does not conceal the brush, or by overpainting, which is an alternative action that makes the decision vividly visible. Accordingly, in the best case, the viewers perceive themselves as acting subjects in the pieces time-space.