One of the most special artists I’ve seen this month is American artist Christian Faur.

Faur is an artist that developed his own colour-code language to communicate with and he also makes works that uses scientific and mathematical formulas. Also special are the portraits he builds out of colour codes with nothing but crayons. Faur proves to be a many-sided and interesting contemporary artist and I got his permission to show some of his works here.

Christian Faur – Just Paper II / 2008

This is the work of Faur that touched me most. It’s made from torn pieces of paper stuck on a foam background. It’s the well known image of the tower of Guantanamo Bay. What makes the work special is that it’s build from the shredded constitution of the United States of America. Marvellous.

Christian Faur – Continuum / 2001

Faur also has a number of paintings based on mathematical and/or scientific formula. They come close to something I would call visual poetry, and very startling visual poetry indeed, that also has a scientific background. That background and fascination for the laws of nature sounds trhough in most of Faur’s work. Some of his work is also strongly conceptual; he has published an essay of Wittgenstein translated into his own colour language:

(original handmade artists book based on the text “Remarks on Color*” by Ludwig Wittgenstein)

Also special are the works that are build from hundreds of coloured crayons, which again contain coloured codes which will probably yield hidden messages when they are translated from the colour language Faur has constructed:

The Wind, the wind, 2007, Hand Cast Encaustic Crayons, 3 Panels at 19.5 in x 19.5 in each

The Wind, the wind, 2007, Hand Cast Encaustic Crayons, Left panel 19.5 in x 19.5 in.

In short, Faur is a fascinating artist that developed his own language and tries to grasp the forces and formula behind our realities. He definatly deserves the attention of a wider audience. Please take a look at his website:

http://www.christianfaur.com/