Sargis Knyazyan

Born in Armenia in 1983, based in Spain, self-taught artist.
Over time, I have developed a new contemporary art technique, which I like to call “Picselazum", which does not only consist of painting on the canvas, but also pushing the paint from behind, making the paint emerge out of the canvas towards the viewer, giving it the shape of pixels, thus uniting the images in an illusion. As the paint emerges from the canvas, it creates a special texture, visible and tangible. This reflects the light in a different way, creating a depth and unique expression. When moving around the work, variations will be observed that is, a three-dimensional impression is achieved. Even on small surfaces, the monotonous color manages to have its own shadow and shine, making the paint and color more intense and expressive.
Picselazum allows me to create up to three images on the same surface; the combination of the three images creates a fourth one (a product of our perception). Picselazum is a very different technique from existing ones and, at the same time, interactive. Therefore, the perception of the image depends on the direction of the light and the color (and also its intensity). The viewer's position and mood also influence the perception of t...