{"id":1477,"date":"2025-07-19T12:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T10:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petra-kost.kuich-projects.eu\/?page_id=1477"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:32:34","slug":"artist-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/en\/artist-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_post_title_0 et_pb_post_title et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_title_container\"><h1 class=\"entry-title\">Artist Statement<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Petra_\u00a9-Katrin_Schoening_1T3A5602-Bearbeitet_WEB.jpg\" alt=\"Artist Statement Petra Kost\" width=\"720\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Petra_\u00a9-Katrin_Schoening_1T3A5602-Bearbeitet_WEB.jpg 720w, https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Petra_\u00a9-Katrin_Schoening_1T3A5602-Bearbeitet_WEB-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Petra_\u00a9-Katrin_Schoening_1T3A5602-Bearbeitet_WEB-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Petra_\u00a9-Katrin_Schoening_1T3A5602-Bearbeitet_WEB-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Petra_\u00a9-Katrin_Schoening_1T3A5602-Bearbeitet_WEB-480x720.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" class=\"wp-image-1520\" title=\"Petra_\u00a9-Katrin_Scho\u0308ning_1T3A5602-Bearbeitet_WEB\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Between Contradiction and Truth<\/strong><br \/><strong>A Manifesto for the Paradoxical Life <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My art is an expression of an existential dialogue with the world \u2013 a mirror of both internal and external tension in which the \"terribly beautiful\" aspects of our humanity unfold. In my paintings, I allow the irreconcilable to coexist: luminous colors encounter quiet solitude, fragile figures meet energetic compositions. It is a dance of opposites \u2013 powerful, delicate, contradictory.<\/p>\n<p>My artistic practice is both highly process-oriented and intuitively analytical. Classical painting techniques blend with drawn elements and spontaneous methods. My work attempts to connect the visible with the unconscious, the individual with the collective, continually developing a visual language that unites contradictions.<\/p>\n<p>I explore the ambivalences that simmer beneath the surface of our time: isolation amid crowds, longing for connection, the friction between hope and doubt. These themes, not just topics in society but lived experience, have accompanied me since youth. My paintings open spaces where complexity, ambiguity, and paradox can exist. They are an invitation to engage, reflect, and dive deeper.<\/p>\n<p>I strive to create not static images to be viewed but experiences that touch, provoke, and encourage, always grounded in the belief that grappling with contradictions and learning to hold space for paradox brings us closer to ourselves and ultimately to one another as humans.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1520,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1477","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1885,"href":"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1477\/revisions\/1885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petra-kost-web.kuich-projects.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}