"How can I represent the string theory from quantum mechanics with painting techniques in the most minimalistic way possible?" - Lars Cornelisse
Lars Cornelisse was raised in a rich cultural environment within a very creative family. Making art was a daily activity for him from an early age that was not separate from life but at the service of life. After he had come into contact with many different forms and techniques for making art until he was 16, there was an increasing desire to use his own method or system to represent the images in his head that this world gave him. Between the ages of 16 and 26, he made a list of some 30 essential questions that reunited science and art history. This questionnaire provided an experimental period of creating and destroying artworks over a period of fifteen years. In 2000, when Lars was 31, he managed to express one of the questions. This question: "How can I represent the string theory from quantum mechanics with painting techniques in the most minimalistic way possible?" More explanation can be found at Element-M in the text "Paint threads: the origin." Lars needed a corresponding system for these new techniques with which he wanted to express the answers to his questionnaire through his artworks. This became Element-M. This system formed the basis for representing the world as he experiences it. He then made every choice within Element-M very consciously. The materials, the format, and the design are not separate from each other but are complementary. Within Element-M he works with 3 shapes; the Solist, the Dualist and the Cycles. Each form stands alone but at the same time is not separate from the other two forms. During the experimental period, it was possible for Lars to have a remote studio. Since the year 2000, however, it has been essential for the artist to have a studio at home. This makes it possible to work on the artwork at any time in a way where the artwork is part of the life the artist lives. Each work of art is unique and contains a piece of the creator's soul. It usually takes about 3 years for Lars to finish one collection of his art. For Lars as an artist time is "one line" which means that he can sometimes work on a work of art over a long period of years before the work has reached the final stage. Lars hopes to surprise the viewer with his own visual language/signature that will evoke questions and amazement at every encounter. Sometimes unconsciously, sometimes consciously. The artist's artworks don't need an explanation to be understood.
