Video a: Uli Aschenborn with his changing painting Girl-Elephant (
Kinetic art)Video b: Sculpture-Morph, Male Life Cycle, 2003, 40 x 40 x 40 cmVideo c: The eyes of the Ovahimba Woman follow the onlooker, 2009, 29 x 21 cmVideo d: This
etching can be turned upside down, note many overlapping details, 2005, 12 x 12 cmVideo e:Mountain or Crater, this drawing can be turned upside down, 21 x 29 cm
The Namibian media branded Uli Aschenborn's new style Amazing Changing Art,[5][3][6][7][8][4][9] because his new creations change – be it by themselves (video b) or because the viewer changes his position - or the painting is moved (videos a, c - i). For his chameleon-paintings,[5][3][6][9] which change color and content if the angle of view is changed, he only needs sand and paint on his
canvas.[3] The changing shadow of Aschenborn's turning
sculptures[5][10] show
metamorphoses, e.g. the aging of a boy to an old man eventually to a
skeleton (video b). The images within his Morph-Cubes (video i) distort in a
grotesque way while the onlooker moves.[5][10][11][12] Because movement is an integral part of these art works they are
Kinetic Art.
Uli's paintings are inspired by not only his roots in Namibia, but by European liveliness complemented by landscapes (video e and photo k)[13] - also by abstract art.[14][12]
The “Ensad Alumni Paris”, of the “l'Association des anciens élèves de l'
École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs” (i. e. the Alumni Association of the National School of Decorative Arts in
Paris) has appointed Uli Aschenborn honorary member in 2018.[15][16][17]
Exhibitions
Uli Aschenborn had more than 60 exhibitions since 2009.[18]