Sunday Sketches by Christoph Niemann

Christoph is really creative. The art work combined two dimensional drawings and 3 dimensional daily objects. For example the image above is one of the artwork. It included two different sized white tape as the two wheels of bicycle. The size difference created the sense of perspective (close and far), which is a very smart way of doing an artwork. I learned that we should think out of the box. Many normal objects, if we look at them in another angle, they can be very special.

Imagination is an amazing ability that people have. Life is sometimes boring, but with imagination, there will be a lot of fun in life. When I was younger, I used to imagining faces on different objects or natural scenes. But now, I became more practical and only believe what physically exist. These art work made me remember of the childhood time. When the world in my eyes is not the “real” world. And remind me about the importance to pick up imagination again.

These art works also proved that a good design is always simple. Visual art is a trick done to our vision. A specific combination of forms, colours, lines and shapes, will bring people a specific feeling and emotion. Therefore we are able to express ourselves and spread ideas through art works. Christoph Niemann is clearly very good at using the different elements of art. By taking photograph at a specific angle, you can mislead someone’s understanding. Which shows the weakness of what we see as “truth”. Therefore, we should always remember to stay open-minded towards what is “truth”, and be ready to change our previous understanding.