Shanghai｜Caro Jost's New works

German artist Caro Jost's works are about themes of time, space, and events. The famous "Streetprint" series are rubbings of traces collected on the street onto canvas. Visited more than 70 locations around the world since 2000, including the street in front of her studio on HessStreet in Munich, the neighborhoods where the artist used to create materials, the traces of the streets that have been deposited through time or events, and her will to create art, have been rubbed into abstract lines on the canvas. The streets are the axis of her creation, bringing together the spiritual field of art.

Caro Jost made special prints of famous boulevards- Maximilianstrasse in Munich for the "Quartet" group show which takes place at The Bund in Shanghai. Maximilianstrasse and The Bund are both famous landmarks in tourist guides. Jost responded to the Bund by imprint on Maximilianstrasse. The sand and gravel on the work bear witness to the prosperity of Munich, and also attract the eyes of viewers visiting the Bund to wander in front of the work.

One of the liveliest neighborhoods in Berlin, not only with boutique shops, restaurants and attractions, but also has famous art sculptures. It is a must-see for tourists visiting Berlin. Using "walking" as "art" to express a world view of self-discovery. Time, space and events are brought together on the canvas, inviting viewers to explore the world in different dimensions. From a piece of gravel on the street, they can gain insight into the aesthetics flowing in time and space.

Museumsinsel is an important place of European culture and art, with more than centuries of art history. The work "transforms" the artistic spirit of this place into abstract lines on the canvas, capturing the art happening here. It contain artistic spirit that exists in space and time, with no clear beginning and end.

Friedrichstadt Palast is considered Europe's most visited variety stage for artistic. The footprints of the artists and performers on the street are imprinted on the canvas. Combined with the shaped canvas, the protruding traces on canvas , just as art is constantly constructing and layering on the past history, Jost said, " I see the world through the bridge of traces and substitutes that are evidence of something real. I create images of reality."