Asmus Korn: Thoughts and Feelings
23 October – 4 December 2025

“My workflow starts with choosing a specific monochrome background colour — one I have thought about, then adjusted through mixing. This is followed by the base colour of the first abstract figure, which develops as I paint and let my thoughts and senses flow onto the canvas. The figures are added one by one, highlighted by the empty space around them. In my work, it is extremely important to balance both the process and the final image. And yet, I never doubt when the painting is finished.” — Asmus Korn





Asmus Korn, a self-taught artist, paints as though it were the most natural extension of being alive. In his thirties, with a background in science, he paints with unstoppable drive: even when waiting twenty minutes for the rice cooker to finish, he instinctively turns to the canvas. He cannot help but paint. For him, painting is a way of inhabiting time. His abstract and eclectic paintings capture a moment — an event, a feeling, a mood, an environment. Each element stands on its own, yet together they form a larger, interwoven whole.

Colour is the foundation of his practice. Each canvas begins with the question: What colour? He lingers there, mixing and adjusting, searching for a hue that can hold atmosphere, imagination, emotional charge — a carrier of thoughts and feelings. Upon these chromatic grounds emerge forms that resist recognition: unidentified objects, mysteriously sensual, yet never pinned to a single meaning. Their fluidity suggests the body, the natural world, or the unseen architectures of the mind. Their sensuality lies instead in ambiguity and curiosity.

The titles of his paintings are equally intriguing: A Moment of Leisure; Beauty by Night; Bye to Perception; It Can Feel, on the Chest, Like There is Not Enough Time… Duchamp once argued that an artist could transform an ordinary object into art by the act of choice. By that logic, titles matter as much as forms. Sometimes they are the only clue we are given. Sometimes they only deepen the mystery. But this is the point: art is meant to stir our curiosity, to invite us to want more. Korn’s works do so with masterful assurance — and they are truly beautiful.

What strikes viewers most is their consistency. At a time when social media saturates us with images, where artists often echo what sells fastest, Korn resists imitation. His paintings resemble no one else’s. They are distinctive, driven by inner necessity rather than external approval. He paints because he cannot stop. This drive, together with his scientific training and formative years in Thailand, shapes a rare visual language.

Asmus Korn: Thoughts and Feelings offers a glimpse into an unfolding journey. We witness not only the emergence of a young artist, but also his insistence on being wholly himself. That, perhaps, is the most radical act of all.

Kyst Gallery is proud to present the artist’s first solo exhibition this Fall.

Read more
Kyst Magazine: Asmus Korn - Thoughts and Feelings
KUNSTAVISEN: Thoughts and Feelings
ArtRabbit: Asmus Korn - Thoughts and Feelings
Juliet Art Magazine: Asmus Korn at Kyst Gallery, Dragør, Denmark: fragmenting to perceive
artnet: Asmus Korn - Thoughts and Feelings

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