Martin Kobe, from Germany, is a painter of dynamic symmetry, vivid colors and intersecting lines focused on modernist architecture and virtual spaces.

. . ."with each painting, the overall hues are restricted, either a tight range of deep reds, silver blues or acid greens that enhance the emptiness in the work: utopia devoid of the mess of the everyday."

He creates his paintings with multi layers of paint, and using masking tape for sectioning, builds up rich colour blocks, which results in an overall effect of collage. "The buildings are sometimes unfinished, without roofs or walls, and support structures appear more like scaffolds for the picture itself. Kobe uses different methods of painting w...