As the title of the series Same But Different suggests, SupaKitch portrays the simple and fugitive element of water in its wide color spectrum, caused by the angle of incidence of light as well as the time of day. SupaKitch is utterly fascinated and inspired by the phenomenon of this transient moment, that he decided to research and depict it. Therefore the artist extracted the aesthetic essence of the intriguing element and got rid of the unnecessary parameters. The key aspects of SupaKitch’s water aesthetics are: gesture, movement, light, color and matter.
„ I can look at the horizon every day without ever seeing the same thing.“
SUPAKITCH, 2019.
With SupaKitch’s background as a graffiti artist, gesture and lines are essential to his artistic expression. He approaches his motif with a continuous line or a flow, similar to automatic writing. There is no possibility for mistakes, which allows the artist to draw in one go only. The artist trusts the drawing of his hand to surprise him in the end. Through motion and light the observer is able to experience and appreciate the different reflections of the art works that play with the light. SupaKitch’s research of the colors of water motivates him to study its shades at all hours of the day, whether it is sea water or swimming pool water. He discovers colors from deep black to orange pink and to all possible shades of blue and green. Regarding the material aspect of SupaKitch’s art works, he discovered that resin, with its unpredictability and plastic possibilities, allows him to express and capture the fluidity of water. The aesthetic resemblance to water allows the artist to create this hypnotic and random motif that always seems to be the same but is always different.
Organic, free and hypnotic – the power of water makes SupaKitch want to observe its movement, reflections, waves, transparency and nuances.
Every day, every hour, every moment.
Tania Di Brita
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