artist statement

As we stand on the verge of computed immortality - imminently uploading our consciousness into the digital ether - the fleeting nature of our physical existence has never felt more tangible. In this transitional era of flesh and code, what role does the corporeal still play?

Jakob Mödlinger’s artistic practice explores these tensions through paintings on canvas and wood. Working primarily with acrylic colors, he builds layered compositions that oscillate between control and chaos. Soft pastel tones, typically associated with calmness and delicacy, are applied in a raw, expressive manner - evoking a sense of beauty in breakdown, or bliss within decay.

This interplay of paradoxes - delicate color versus wild application, rigid geometry against organic gesture - reflects a deeper inquiry into the human condition amidst digital ascension. Hard-edged lines, mathematical grids, and coded visual elements suggest the precision and permanence of the virtual realm, while gestural, almost decaying forms speak to our embodied temporality.

In these abstract environments, Mödlinger captures the eerie poetry of our time: a confrontation between the transitory human experience and the illusion of digital eternity. His work invites viewers to linger in this dissonance, where ignorant bliss coexists with existential awareness, and where the body still seeks to assert itself - fragile, fleeting, and beautifully alive.