Chris Succo
Chris Succo
Dawn, 2024
Oil on canvas
84 in. x 67 in. / 213.36 cm. x 170.18 cm.
German-born artist Chris Succo (b. 1979) attended the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he was awarded Meisterschüler by Prof. Georg Herold in 2009, and the Royal College of Art, graduating from the latter in 2012.
At the heart of Succo’s artistic practice is painting. However, through his ongoing drive to develop new pictorial inventions and the resulting material research and experimentations, he is constantly expanding it to include photography, sculpture, and installation elements. While his visual language is formally rooted in the tradition of Abstract Expressionism, another characteristic feature of many works is that they are imbued with individual impressions and experiences and draw on influences from both subcultures and popular culture.
With his latest series, the Connecticut Paintings, he leaves his usual paths and concentrates on what is essential—painting. There is nothing left of the material experiments of earlier works or the spatial character of past exhibitions. The painted picture in its very own materiality—color and canvas—confronts us viewers with its full force. All concentration is directed towards the basic elements of the medium, with the aim of finding oneself in the painting, regardless of all external circumstances. After Succo completely banished color from his works in his previous series, it now returns dynamically in the Connecticut Paintings. The newly created series is based on intensive color research, which he devoted himself to during a residency at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Connecticut. Far away from everyday life and everything familiar, surrounded by pristine nature, he has created an organic color palette that has absorbed its surroundings and unites almost the entire range of colors. It includes earth tones such as brown or beige, deep, intense blue and delicate pink, through to violet, bright red, and yellow.
His works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions at the Ludwig Museum, Koblenz; Kunstverein Heppenheim; Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt; Villa Schöningen, Potsdam; Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen; the Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, London, Brussels, and Shanghai; as well as at The Journal Gallery, New York and Los Angeles, to name a few. Works by the artist are represented in the following private and public collections: Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf; Chanel Collection; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Collection of the National Bank; and the Peter Marino Art Foundation, among others.
The artist currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Courtesy of the artist (@chrissucco) and The Journal Gallery
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