Marius Seidlitz German
“What is beauty? Is there perfection?” - Marius Seidlitz
Marius Seidlitz is a contemporary painter based in Germany. Through his works, Marius Seidlitz addresses the complexity of the claims to the self. “What is beauty? Is there perfection?” His works walk the line between abstract and figurative – depicting deconstructed portraits composed of abstract forms, curves, and shadows.
As if they were created by a machine, Seidlitz emphasizes smooth, reflective forms, using minimal, modernist, color palettes, applying shadow and highlights to draw the viewer towards sultry and desirable body parts. Broken down into simplified shapes and components, Sedlitz eliminates those forms deemed less thrilling in terms of societal beauty standards, while emphasizing elongated necks, voluminous lips, and seductive eyes.
Today beauty is often defined by societal standards influenced by popular culture, media and advertising. These standards can include specific body types, facial features, and skin tones, as well as trends in fashion, hairstyles, and makeup. However, it is important to note that these societal standards of beauty are changing and evolving, and can vary greatly between different cultures and communities. - Marius Seidlitz
Seidlitz's artistic practice is formally shaped in many ways: skill as an engraving master as well as from the precise approach of design and free creative use of oil paint.
His expressive images often spring from a diverse range of bodies that are deliberately imperfect. The viewer sees colorful curves, multi-layered nudity in all the garish contradictions – between attraction and repulsion, but always multidimensional, always dynamic and never too accurate.
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.’ Entangled bodies, hinted limbs and lips sink into color- intensive surfaces and dynamic lines. With acrylic paint and spray paints, Seidlitz puts the self, and how it presents itself, to the test. His bodies can only be naked, because “the soul shows itself when it is naked. Human beings are complex and simple at the same time, they are always in the process of becoming.”