Mythology

Christopher Engel

Like the annual return of a comet, Christopher Engel's latest paintings are shown at the season's peak.

Inspired by the philosophy of Carl Jung ("Jung has confirmed that the ancient cultures had more realization about our place in the universe, than our current society can even conceive of" from Psychology and Alchemy), the new series of Engel's multimedia works is entitled, "Mythology." The series captures the archetypal origins of myth.

Engel's iconographical figures vibrate in a saturated color palette and in a very kinetic surface texture – to which he plays a counterpoint with evocative and mystical collage elements assembled from the symbolist sphere.

These high-keyed "portraits" cast a real psychological aura. An enlightened and relaxed, stimulated optimism emanates from each of these complexly layered works.