Nico Krijno Archive

“Between the abstract and the specific…Painting, performance, photography and sculpture are continuously weaved together to create Nico Krijno’s characteristic visual aesthetic; Intensely playful and deeply non-linear, his work sharply re-adjusts and questions what we perceive as a photograph…Krijno’s studio and house acts as both a secluded space of production and a source of often discarded material that he consequently transforms into his theatrical scenes. His work represents a sustained experiment into the perceived truth of the medium, a venture which is ever more relevant in today’s shifting image culture. Nico Krijno’s free flowing practice reflects an intricate and uninterrupted line of exploration; rather than adhering to the framework of separate, defined series, he continues to push his playful methods in new directions that sees old and new work combine into an unending path of photographic research…Krijno’s photographs resemble an exuberant intersection of forms; found objects are painted, sculpted, placed together, set against colourful backdrops or removed from their original context before they are then heavily re-worked through digital tools. Whilst there are odes to the traditional genre of the still life, the result is a humorous abundance of visual information that dismantles and drastically repositions the boundaries of the still image…Nature and the manmade are at odds in his work and although this fundamental context to his practice has the potential to be isolating, it acts as an important precursor to Krijno continually testing himself and the medium.”

-Kris Kozlowski Moore for UNSEENPLATFORM

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