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I do believe that art is a public asset and as such it should be available to everyone, avoiding barriers and fences, some of which are real, while others are only perceived tofnquist the same people who then end up excluding themselves. Tornquist did not only paint pictures. In Jorrit Tornquist creates a performance titled “Apartheid” in Graz, his native town, with the intention to raise public awareness towards all living forms.
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Born in Graz, Austria inhe went on to study architecture at the University of Graz and settled in Italy inwhere he acquired citizenship in Jorrit Tornquist Senza titoloSale Date: Operating within the belief that color itself has an electromagnetic frequency that, when combined with the background noise of a place, interferes with our mood, his work strives to combine technological invention with emotional sensitivity.
In this sense, it is necessary to look back to the past when public spaces were planned in order to best include artwork. He succeeded in assimilating the matter of colours with the ideal phenomenon of light, thanks to very helpful materials. Operating within the belief that color is an electromagnetic frequency that combines with the background noise of a place and, as such, is captured by our senses and interferes with our mood, he has combined technology with sensitivity, developing a theory of color of his own, in which the structural-chromatic value combines with the sensitive-affective value.
As a rule, art is not a mass phenomenon, as is the case with sports, for instance. He has been studying colours and perception for forty years.
Senza titolo In other projects Wikimedia Commons. He started from a very scientific and ecological approach, based on accurate experiments on colour, density and clarity and jotrit the analysis of the complementary effects, according to the Concrete Art tradition.
His exhibition activity, as a color artist-scientist, is conspicuous; he has been included in more than exhibitions. Thank you for subscribing!
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In he decided to settle in Italy where he acquired citizenship in jorgit Initially Tornquist studied biology. What is art today? Operating within the belief that color is an electromagnetic frequency jorirt combines with the background noise of a place and, as such, is captured by our senses and interferes with our mood, he has combined technology with sensitivity, developing a theory of color of his own, in which the structural-chromatic value combines with the sensitive-affective value.
Colours are his philosophy of life. Tornquist has also curated many Color Projects related to the urban environment, among these: You have hit the target, as this is a major issue. Tornqist Mayrthen gradually he began to deal with important architectural sites, among which stands out the incineration plant in Brescia The non-industrial buildings final aspect is an iridescent aluminium skin, obtained through stratification, perfectly integrated with the surrounding landscape.
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Then, he also attended to the colours of innumerable great buildings, e. Intogether with Richard Kriesche and Helga Philipp, Tornquist signs the founding manifesto of the “Gruppo Austria”, which aims to direct the Austrian culture towards new artistic languages.
I need a three-dimensional texture, in order to make the colour be seen tognquist light, for two-dimension means a different perception of light than the real perception of light”.
His exhibition activity, as a color artist-scientist, is conspicuous; he has been included in more than exhibitions.
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OP This stems from a superficial knowledge of art history—knowing the past certainly provides you with excellent tools to understand the present—and from the objective difficulty of deciphering the present, which is already complicated in other aspects of life that the public might be more familiar with than art.
We often analyze and talk about art focusing on its manifold aspects individually, but perhaps we are losing sight of the whole: In my opinion, art cannot be defined univocally: Jorrit Tornquist born 26 March is an artist, a color consultant, and a color theorist. Jorrit Tornquist results. Please enter a valid email address. Barcelona-Milano-Wien, that undertakes chromatic interventions for public and private projects.