Hugo Pondz

Hugo Pondz deploys a sky blue universe that awakens the viewer with great breaths of pictorial fresh air. In a perfect dichotomy between the full and the empty, he invites contemplation in an almost minimalist world where one projects oneself and breathes freely. Around the pool, in New York, on the plain of a golf course, or in the aisles of a parking lot, all of Hugo Pondz's paintings are imbued with a singular depth.

Hugo Pondz: the influence of Hockney, Hopper, and De Chirico

Belgian painter, Hugo Pondz only came to painting at the age of 28. It was at that moment that he discovered the works of Giorgio de Chirico and their very particular atmosphere. He then chose to express himself through oil painting applied in light glazes.

De Chirico for the surrealist side, Edward Hopper for the pictorial style and the characters, or David Hockney for the pools and the Californian atmosphere... there are many parallels to be drawn with great artists regarding the works of Hugo Pondz.

In his paintings, the viewer is directly immersed in contemplative and minimalist scenes, carried by deep, soothing blues. A charming mystery floats in the paintings, each character, hero, seeming indecipherable, lost in their thoughts – and yet close to each of us...

The mystery hovers over his minimalist canvases

Hugo Pondz, as an observer, manages to capture silence, imposing in a staging that aims to be almost minimalist, splashed with light and shadow, a latent danger.

A subtle alchemy immediately establishes itself between the viewer and the work, whose ease of reading helps to draw one into this world, almost too still. There, children, in waiting, looking at the horizon, lead us into introspection, beyond a wall that we will all have to cross one day or another.

Explore now the art gallery of Hugo Pondz to discover a fascinating pictorial universe.