• Christian Achenbach: Paricutin
  • Christian Achenbach: Paricutin
  • Photo Christian Achenbach: Mika Gentili
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Works on skin ‐ FLIGHT 3 - THE ARTWORKS

Christian Achenbach

Christian Achenbach

Paricutin

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Context

Volcanoes are ideal tattoo motifs because they work perfectly both as abstract forms and as phenomena. They combine grace and danger, showing us the unpredictability of our universe and our enormous inability to control things. We can learn a lot from them. That is why they have fascinated artists since the Enlightenment and Romanticism.

About Christian Achenbach

Christian Achenbach (born 1978 in Siegen, Germany) is a Berlin-based sculptor and painter known for his dynamic reinterpretations of 20th-century art movements through a fresh postmodern lens. After studying at the Berlin University of the Arts under Burkhard Held, Daniel Richter, and Anselm Reyle, he graduated as a master student in 2007. Achenbach’s work draws from his love of music, merging explosive colors, blurred outlines, and geometric forms into compositions that evoke a synesthetic blend of sound and image—a connection often compared to Kandinsky’s approach. His paintings and sculptures eschew central motifs, instead featuring rhizomatic patterns that nod to Modernism, Cubism, and Dadaism. Achenbach has exhibited internationally, participated in residencies in Copenhagen and Switzerland, and co-founded the “Artistweekend” group and the “NGORONGORO” exhibition series. His vibrant, layered works continue to challenge and reframe perceptions of modern and postmodern art.

Photo Christian Achenbach: Mika Gentili

Fun fact

Instructions

While tattooing, play “Dove” by Cymande. If possible, light incense sticks to make the experience more holistic. The tattoo artist has some creative freedom when filling in the “cloud.” The motif can also be done as an outline without color, with the blue tones of the original looking best on any skin tone.

  • Color

    multicolored or black

  • Position

    anywhere

  • Scalable

    yes