Original artwork description:

THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
triptych 2018
acrylic and oil on canvas
310 (w) x 120 (h) x 4,5 cm

3 LARGE-SIZED PAINTINGS
LARGE-SIZED TRILOGY AS TRIPTYCH

I share the opinion of the famous Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944), that paintings contain not only a creative message as single piece. You can look at them also in a major conceptional context. This trilogy THE LIVING AND THE DEAD combines three essential of my works (2018) from aesthetic standpoints as well as with regard to contents.

Central topic is light: brightness as a symbol that stands for the beginning, the morning, the pureness and birth, the ease and light-heartedness. In other words: innocence. And this innocence is beautiful, perfect, immortal. This innocence is emotional, it touches and is a promise. Mostly the triptych works with very different yellow and red colours. We are talking about affirmative paintings as a stark contrast to the (daily) madness and confusions around us. These paintings are my answer to all the negative events in this world and it correlates with my credo: be hot, be cold but never be lukewarm. Today is already past, and we have to fight against the gloom before melancholia will drown us. We should offer resistance against the inner and outer debris fields – we can be warriors of the light (within the meaning of Paulo Coelho) and we are able to design our fate in an intensive and positive kind. We’re standing back to back and defending our well standpoints. We are making mistakes. But we are fighting.

The triptych combines following 3 works and should "read" from left to right:

"IF YOU WERE AN EMPIRE ON WHICH THE SUN NEVER SETS II"
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2018, 100 (w) x 120 (h) x 4,5 cm
left part of the triptych

"AS IF THE MORNING SUN ENLIGHTENS THE SEA"
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2013, 100 (w) x 120 (h) x 4,5 cm
center part of the triptych

"IF YOU WERE MY MORNING IN THE WILDERNESS"
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2018, 100 (w) x 120 (h) x 4,5 cm
right part of the triptych


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"The past is not dead. It's not even past."
~ William C. Faulkner (1897-1962)

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This triptych is a true LARGE-SIZED TRILOGY. For a large-scale, aesthetic and colourful impression on your wall AND as my authentic and personal artwork with an artistic subsurface message. All of these paintings also for sale as single pieces here at Artfinder. This triptych offers a price advantage in comparision to the summarized single selling prices. For further information about the specific topic of each artwork and additional photos please visit the pages of the 3 single paintings at Artfinder.

I use exclusively oil and acrylic colors, canvas and solid wooden frames in a professional museum quality. The three paintings wear my signature on the front and they are signed, entitled and dated on the backside. Deliberately the XL-sides/edges (about 4,5 cm wide) are not part of the paintings and show the black painted canvas (beautiful contrast). The paintings are ready to hang (on the backsides: high-quality iron plates with metal inserts and nylon rope for gallery use), unframed and don’t need a frame or any additional surface treatment. All paintings need a single hanging (no backside connections between the paintings). This trilgy contains 3 single paintings, each in acrylic and oil on canvas and with dimensions of 100 (w) x 120 (h) cm. I prefer a hanging distance each of 5 cm between the 3 single paintings. Complete dimensions of this artwork, including the hanging space between the single paintings: 310 (w) x 120 (h) x 4,5 cm.

The piece (3 paintings) will be safely shipped in a custom wooden crate. It will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and a cover letter. Please note: In context pictures are not necessarily to scale and are for illustrative purposes only.

If you have any questions about this triptych or any other piece, feel free to contact me and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks so much for taking an interest in my work.

Warm wishes,
Christian

Materials used:

oil and acrylic on canvas

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