Abstraction

ARTWORK COLLECTION

by JAN KATH

Abstraction. Jan Kath ventures into the abstract world of art with his Artwork collection. Swapping his usual patterns with the unruly feel of abstract art, he creates a series of rugs that despite its seemingly randomness, provides a beautiful and calm focal point for the eye. The Artwork collection makes a beautiful addition to Jan Kath’s body of work.

 

Rich color pigments, arranged on top of one another, layer by layer like paint on a canvas, form the basis of this collection. Over the course of time the colors eroded, scraped off, and wiped away. Time is the artist behind these works. A touch of white peers through the top layer; the pink underneath shimmers through only very gently. The red tone blazes more clearly elsewhere and sets a bold accent. In the Artwork collection, wool is used to “paint” instead of a brush. What appears to the beholder to be random, has actually been precisely specified by the designer and can be perfectly reproduced by the experienced weavers in the workshops in Kathmandu.