Artist SKOUNT has been keeping very busy as of late and his latest mural “Mind Wrestling” is in his hometown of Amsterdam for Keep It Fresh Projects. His work has so much depth and spiritual meaning besides what is merely being seen by the naked eye. He is a storyteller and once you read what he explains in his artist’s statement, the viewer may be blown away by it’s intensity and complexity. I appreciate the inner dialogue being shared with the audience. I find it to be brilliant and his work intrigues me more than ever before because of this.
About The Mural
SKOUNT speaks about both the mural and it’s representation in the following statement:
“This mural represents the eternal inner battle in the search for beauty, perfection, harmony and wisdom. A constant struggle of thought to find balance in ourselves.
The characters are illustrated in the form of a triangle. Plato states in the Timaeus that the equilateral triangle symbolizes harmony, divinity and proportion. And human is represented by the division in two of that equilateral, becoming a right triangle. Their task is to recover that “lost” part through a return, evolutionary transit, and to restore the lost equilibrium to the end of the road.
In turn these characters are backed by a golden circle as a symbol of the perfect and immutable, without beginning or end, thus representing harmony and eternity. A constant cycle of steps towards inner perfection and the harmony of the spirit as one progresses from one stage to the other, until reaching enlightenment.”
About the Artist
Skount‘s work covers many mediums. He seems to have a clear differentiation between his figurative and abstract work yet both show spiritual dimension and depth. His color palette varies from darks to brights and I am amazed at how many different subject matters he chooses to paint. They all have his unique sensibility of composition and one can tell they were created by the same artist. They also have this uncanny wit about them and layered style of painting. So many of the figurative subjects remind me of whimsical marionettes and appear to have a Mexican theme to them.
