Thomas Fiebig

Born in 1968 in Leipzig. Lives and works in Cologne.

Thomas Fiebig demonstrates both the influence of urban and of street art in his paintings.
He is highly inspired by city landscapes where the numerous interventions of anonymous artists remind him of a constant destruction. According to him, the aesthetic conception counterbalances the content in an ironic but productive way. Meticulous scribbles, messages in big letters, children with powerful facial expressions,…everything comes down to an absurd world vision.

Destruction as the basis of his elaborations, it is also what best describes Fiebig’s journey. To deconstruct, meaning to dismount the logic of forms, is a way to regard reality through a fragmented perspective. This deformity is bound to create something that is different and original. The harmony rises from a paradox, should one know how to appreciate it. Through this perspective, Fiebig’s paintings are an insatiable quest for the balance that can be established between two extremes.

But the chaos that emerges from his work is only initially apparent. Everything is elaborated in great detail on his computer, and then transcribed to the canvas via a lengthy process, leading to a skilfully organised disorder.