Ohne Titel (collage), 2014

Gert and Uwe Tobias are twin artists from Romania known for their command over haunting large scale woodcuts. The artists utilize a blend of artistic styles like modernism and constructivism to create a unique and chilling twist within their artwork. Delving into the surrealist art movement, they combine traditional woodcutting techniques with painting, typography, and ceramic sculpture to produce poignant abstract imagery. Their works are colorful and vibrant, with influences pulled from a mixed dynamic of traditional folklore and pop culture. Gert and Uwe Tobias also pull some inspiration from the vampire mythology surrounding their birthplace of Transylvania. By focusing their artwork on the concept of collage, Gert and Uwe Tobias invoke a nightmarish unpredictability into their pieces, summoning a myriad of emotions from viewers of their work. Their woodcuts feature vivid and colorful characters with unnaturally creepy features. Some have brilliantly colored skulls for faces, contorted into a mess of surreal limbs. Vibrantly colored flesh drips from their faces and their hairstyles spiral into the background, conjuring an unsettling feeling of something familiar being unnaturally presented. Many of their fans have been drawn to them by their eccentric blend of art and the way they mimic modern culture through distorted representation of ancient folklore. Gert and Uwe Tobias have a master command of surrealism while appealing to the vivid colors of pop art in a fascinating hybrid of artistic movements and styles.