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Not every work of art created in this way must be successful.
Every human being is born to the world without being asked. I appreciate the immanent value (not the market value!) of
The human being realizes its modalities, adapts to them, works of art according to the criteria defined by Kurt Leonhard
lives in them, frequently without even becoming aware of [1]. These criteria are – quoted briefly:

their constraints. But often humans step out of their daily
routine, become active in other areas of occupation, distract (1.) “Originality: A work of art is produced out of a unique
themselves, relax, perform sports, listen to music, enjoy a personality – what is really original is also new.”

hobby, etc., meaning they free themselves, in my opinion,
temporarily and partially from the constraints and the (2.) “Coherence of the entity as a combination of different
“confinement” of unchangeable modalities of being. parts, free from coincidences, unwelcome associations,
unresolved relics, impulses canceling each other out,
And this is where my life as a visual artist comes into play. superimposing effects, wrongly applied intelligence, […]

In my contribution to this catalog, I wrote a Critical Essay reasoning ambition that wants to utilize everything the artist
where I claim: knows, trying to unite mutually excluding effects in the same
“The work of visual artists is the product of the artist’s attempt work.”

to liberate himself from being coerced and trapped by the
modalities of human existence by working creatively.” (3.) “Allegorical power or abundance of relations: Release from
determinable objective or conceptual meanings […] The work
It remains an attempt, as in fact a permanent liberation is of art released from unambiguous representation is capable
impossible, at least not from the elementary modes of being. of constituting a representative action, […] a medium which

But the artist has created a work. While performing this conveys new insight and knowledge to the viewer.”
activity, he or she may have consciously recorded overcoming
the space-time confinement in his work. And enjoyed it, at (4.) “Transformative power: To artists, the works they create

least I did. are merely a means to create themselves. […] The viewer, too,
has changed after the work has left its impact on him or her.”