Curatorial Statement

When reviewing submissions for COLOR AS CONCEPT, one aspect became immediately apparent: despite sharing a common point of departure, no two artists approached color in quite the same way. What emerged from the international open call was not a singular interpretation of abstraction, but a rich constellation of practices in which color functions as both subject and method. Across more than 25 countries, artists revealed deeply personal relationships with hue - relationships shaped by perception, memory, process, intuition and inquiry.

Rather than serving as a supporting element within composition, color emerges in these works as a site of exploration in its own right. Throughout the exhibition, hue becomes a vehicle for sensation, atmosphere, memory and reflection, often carrying the conceptual and emotional weight of the work itself. While each artist's practice remains distinctly individual, subtle affinities began to surface across the submissions, revealing diverse yet interconnected ways of thinking through color. The curatorial process sought to bring these perspectives into dialogue, creating a framework through which visitors can encounter color not merely as a visual phenomenon, but as a mode of experience.

To navigate this breadth of perspectives, the exhibition is organized into six thematic lenses: Color as Light, Color as Monochrome, Color as Study, Color as Relation, Color as Circularity, and Color as Flow. Together, these groupings offer different points of entry into the exhibition, inviting viewers to consider how color can be perceived, constructed, felt and understood.

Presented as individual sections within the online exhibition, each lens foregrounds a distinct sensibility while remaining in conversation with the others. Collectively, they reveal the expansive possibilities of contemporary abstract practice and demonstrate that color is never merely visual - it is emotional, conceptual, sensory and relational.

As you move through the exhibition, we invite you to slow down and engage with color on its own terms. Allow these works to evoke memories, sensations and associations that may resist articulation. In doing so, the exhibition becomes not only an exploration of the artists' relationships with color, but also an invitation to reflect upon your own.