“For my ongoing series, I regularly travel to Gran Canaria, an island west of Africa that belongs to Spain. I am less interested in documenting the most neutral reality possible. I’m looking for the essence of a place – for me, that means the colours, shapes and typical little details. I am fascinated by the transition between the two- and three-dimensional, as well as the photographic and the painterly. For me, minimalism is not an aesthetic end in itself, but fundamental. I reduce my pictures to the essentials and want to question the way in which we perceive the world. I look for what is not immediately obvious, what contains a story or a riddle. I explore ways of combining different levels, putting elements together and creating something new. Guido Klumpe, born in Osnabrück, Germany in 1971, is known for his photographic art in the border areas between abstract architectural photography and minimalist street photography.” The visually impaired artist composes his images in urban spaces and in such a minimalist way that they puzzle the viewer. He does not show an exact image of reality, but a finely composed interpretation of urban spheres. His colours are powerful, his forms precise. By condensing different pictorial levels, he plays with the moment of transition in which three-dimensional architecture is abstracted into the two-dimensional: his works hover between painting and photography, abstraction and object-like. In this way, he visualises the mysterious and absurd in our urban spaces – but also their very own hidden poetry. His works have been shown and awarded prizes internationally, for example in Berlin, Kiev, Paris, New York, Paris, Dubai and Taipei. He composes his pictures in urban space and in such a minimalist way that they puzzle the viewer. He does not show an exact image of reality, but a finely composed interpretation of urban spheres. His colours are powerful, his forms precise. He visualises the enigmatic and absurd in our urban spaces – but also their very own hidden beauty.