1519 - Christian Muscheid (born 1982 in Saarbrücken; lives and works in Munich)

Christian Muscheid (born 1982 in Saarbrücken; lives and works in Munich) Composition in Blue and Pink from the series “Interaction of Color” Muscheid studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and at the Facultat de Belles Arts in Barcelona; in 2009, he received his diploma as a master student of Professor Jerry Zeniuk. The artist is a member of the collective “Neue Münchner Malerei” (New Munich Painting), which aims to establish new aesthetic forms of expression in painting. In his work, Muscheid focuses intensively on color interactions in the conscious tradition of Bauhaus master Josef Albers, his series “Homage to the Square,” and his 1963 book “Interaction of Color,” a classic of art theory and, at the same time, one of the most important textbooks for artists in the 20th century; Muscheid builds on Albers’ work—his ongoing series “Interaction of Color” consists of tall, rectangular canvases of uniform size (in contrast to Albers’ square format), upon which he places varying geometric shapes in different color combinations. These stand out clearly against the transparently glazed canvas, with the neutral linen, with its woven texture, serving as a framing base and lending the compositions spatial depth. Acrylic on canvas; 220 cm x 160 cm. Acrylic on canvas.