Kaleidoscopic soulscapes in the rhythm of a cubist encounter with Picasso as a triptych (3 of 3) by Frank Bittner

About "Kaleidoscopic soulscapes in the rhythm of a cubist encounter with Picasso as a triptych (3 of 3)"

by Frank Bittner

About the artwork

This work stands on its own - and at the same time in dialogue with two others: As part of a triptych, it unfolds different perspectives on the same inner state in a silent three-way movement. Each picture is a fragment, together a resonance chamber of the soul.

Stylised heads emerge from a dense, multi-layered colour structure - sometimes sharply outlined, sometimes as if in the process of dissolving. Their large, open eyes resemble gateways to inner worlds. In earthy, warm colour tones - as if they were mixed from ripe spices - these faces meet in a state of suspension between individuality and the collective, between lived memory and present feeling.

The figures seem to permeate each other, dissolve, emerge anew. Lines intersect surfaces, surfaces disintegrate into lines - a dynamic interplay of condensation and dissolution. The result is a vibrating mosaic without a fixed centre, a visual field that breathes - inspired by the spirit of Cubism.

The composition is reminiscent of Picasso's late phase: perspectives are broken, anatomies abstracted, hierarchies cancelled. But beyond the form, there is a quiet poetry in the picture - as if the fragmentation of the figure reveals an inner clarity, a luminous core.

This work speaks quietly but insistently. It does not demand immediate understanding, but invites the viewer to linger. It is mirror and projection surface, fragment and whole, irritation and realisation. With each new glance, another layer is revealed - a quiet dialogue between image and viewer, between outer form and inner echo.

Created by Frank Bittner with support from AI.