China in the eyes of Astrid Krehan

Astrid Krehan is a contemporary photo artist born in Nuremberg, Germany. Her works convert everyday objects into abstract images characterized by high saturation and bright colours. Her photography is focused on capturing the fine details of a surface and enhancing them to show texture, patterns and forms. All this is intensified thanks to the strong colours.
Astrid plays with the camera getting different combinations of light and colour. These results create abstract images. In fact, when in front of these photos they look like paintings. The intensifying of the details leads the viewer to perceive them as canvas and brushstrokes.
Photography shows what the eye fails to take in. It goes beyond what the human eye can see. Astrids' photography breaks down objects and landscapes that do not exist in the external world but emerge from inside her images.
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These abstract images tell a story, they raise questions and invite you to think. Even before shooting, the camera can see what the subconscious of the artist sees.
This personal view of the world
is the key to reinterpreting and transforming what Astrid sees. The objects change under our eyes. The movement of the camera allows the image to transform the object of the real world into a mental image, which arises from her subconscious.
“The camera is my magic tool to create my work, it enables me to reveal beauty that we otherwise would never see” (Astrid Krehan)
Art Curator Federica Acciarino
In her works Astrid would like to bridge the EAST and the WEST and acquaint us with Asia and its culture. It is where she spent time developing her personal and artistic life.
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