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The Canto Collection is one painting presented in 124 Cantos. It was created within a time span of 11 years. The painter follows the can throughout time in his studio, which makes it partly autobiographical. The project investigates, in its own way, what reality is or can be. The sharpness, humour, but also the craftsmanship and originality, make this work quite unique in contemporary art history. The series also gave rise to one important ‘spin-off’. In 1989, Møhlmann found his can on the floor (Canto 86, Ground pattern) and did not pick it up, but painted it from above. In 1990, this led to the first ‘top-down’, still life. The still life is seen perpendicularly from above and is a composition form hardly seen, if at all, in art history. According to this principle the painter would make many more works.
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