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Baby Blue, June 2012
installation view at the University of Art and Design of Geneva, Geneva
all images courtesy of THOMAS KOENIG

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The Work.Master at the University of Art and Design of Geneva presented THOMAS KOENIG with an opportunity to expand his formal vocabulary, to create an all-things-considered portfolio and conceptually strong works.

THOMAS KOENIG‘s work questions the process of art object and its support structures by deconstructing and re-evaluating traditional methods of production and display. In his graduation exhibition titled Baby Blue, he dissected the materiality of the medium to explore the space in which it is presented.

The result is an immersive assemblage where images and sculpture, patterns and prefab surface materials behave according to a tailored logic of distribution, mutation, and mischief. From the blue plastic sheet fluent with the surrounding environment and employed as a canvas to digital drawings, the untethered place of painting is shifted away from its most common territorial codes.

Through his intuitive and eclectic approach to art making, THOMAS KOENIG views art not as a static set of constructs, but as an opportunity to produce relationships, both between mediums and amongst themselves.

Make sure to view more works by Swiss artist THOMAS KOENIG here on WFW or via his tumblr