Cengiz Hartmann is a german artist focussing to reduce objects to the essential without eliminating the poetry. The word Begreifen serves as a key to his work. It means both to touch and to understand – in a way thinking with the hands.
“In my practice as an artist, I try to comprehend the uniqueness of the outside – and by that the inside, the essence. A work of art is the outer model of inwardness. I transform matter which is entity. The transformation shows the unspeakable. Gradually I discover the influence of time, weather and natural substances on different materials and integrate them into my own work process.
I create works of art that allow interaction and associations, both is elementary. It is always about relationship.
I am in search of poetry, the essential expression in things. Form and content can not be separated from one another. I trust my intuition, it is condensed experience. Iterative phases of creation and reflection are equivalent.”