Cornelius Grunt
Cornelius Grunt is German artist from Entrup, Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany and is now currently working in Bielefeld, Germany. Cornelius started out by writing lyrics and producing hip hop, techno, and other instrumentals before he ever considered to produce his photocollage work.
Collages came very late in his life. Grunt had accidentally visited the vernissage of HERR BEINLICH - Contemporary Fine Art Space in Bielefeld and saw some pictures that he first recognised as prints from digital works but on a second more detailed look he realised different layers and that those works are glued. One day after that Cornelius bought himself what he thought would be needed and started right away and never stopped again. If he sees something that he really likes and is interested in, he will almost always feel the urge to try it out himself.
Cornelius work follows a range of themes an ideas, but there are subjects that he pays close attention to: epistemology, new realism, physicalism and anti-physicalism, anti-science, antirealism, quantum physics, psychology, radical constructivism, advocatory ethics, state philosophy, determinism/indeterminism and free will, Zen Buddhism, meditation, nihilism, solipsism, holism, logical paradoxes, performative retorsion and all kind of thought experiments.
The facial positions and removal of eyes in Grunts work reinforces the theme of anti realism as well as the other themes. Within those subject matters Cornelius would like to go even further and create new hybrids combined out of many art disciplines, including experimental and 'classic' photography.
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He really likes and prefers black and white pictures but something new emerges from the combination with powerful colour contrasts. It relates to the aspect of qualia-realism, because colours and other qualia are strong arguments or even evidence against the physicalism.
When I first saw Grunts work I became immediately infatuated with it. The striking and simple layout of his photocollages were so attractive and inspiring, I was instantly inspired by his work. In my research I discovered that his work reflects many themes which that is something I would like to look into further and see what all the areas truly mean. The contrast that he uses in his pieces with the use of just one coloured card to creates such an impactful photo is simple yet visually striking. I like the idea of creating a piece similar to this but instead attempt to use multiple layers or landscape or texture instead of colour. Overall Cornelius' work has left a influencing impact on my work and ideas.