P. Luetzelschwab - (DE)

Graffiti art, photography and screen printing combines Patrick Luetzelschwab in his works. In his artistic work, he does not intervene only on the organism of the city by the painting of industrial buildings, bridges and arrows but also in his photographs, which were edited. The artist communicates the recipient its contents on two levels. The first way you can go to Baudrillard described as " tattooing the walls ". He leaves behind traces of his presence with the help of graffiti art. He can win the territory, his city and its surroundings regain symbolic, emphasize its presence through this intervention in public space. At the second level, he emphasizes his individual point of view by editing cityscapes, which he was previously often actively involved. It creates surprising compositions. On his screen printing destroyed courts, post-industrial or industrial landscapes were often contrasted with innocent children figures. This compound shows more intense the special character of these areas. Also, the apparent idyll on the images from the series " Lilly and Marie" was broken by industrial elements such as surveillance cameras or nuclear power station. Both, his graffiti work as well as the compositions of his photos can be seen as an attempt to overcome the alienation in post-industrial urban areas.

Maria Franecka | Publisher / Copyright : Galerie Gerken, Berlin
 

Artistic Career

1992
start writing

2005 - today
freelance | Conception and designing of different exhibitions | museumscourier (arthandling) for the Vitra Design Museum Weil am Rhein (D)

2007 - 2009
study at the school of design in Basel (CH)

2009
Museum of Modern Art Vienna (Austria)

Exhibitions

2002
Stadtbibliothek Weil am Rhein (D) | Museum am Lindenplatz Weil am Rhein (D)

2003
Art Festival Sevilla (SP) | Galerie Artischocke Lörrach (D) | Galerie Worldatelier Offenbach (D)

2005
Kunstverein Laufenburg (D) | Markgräfler Museum Müllheim (Markgräflerland-Künstlerland) (D)

2006
Ubud Art Festival Bali (IND) | Kunstverein Lörrach (Während du schliefst) (D)

2007
Carhartt Gallery (D) | Ferrett Art (FR)

2008
Kunstpalais Badenweiler (Molekular) (D) | Galerie Stahlberger (D) Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg (D) | Kunstverein Freiburg (Regionale 09) (D)

2009
Kulturzentrum Le Triangle (Urban Art) (F) | Galerie Stahlberger (25 Jahre) (D) | ULEF Basel (Kunst begegnen) (CH) | Auf der Lyss Basel (Fazit) (CH) | Museum für Moderne Kunst Wien (Koschatzky Kunstpreis) (AT)  Galerie Gerken Berlin (D) | Haus der Industrie Wien (AT)

2010
Tufa Trier (D) | Kunsthaus Jesteburg (D) | Kunstraum Kieswerk (D)

2011
QQ Galerie (D) | Galerie Stapflehus (D) | Galerie Gerken Berlin (D) Provisorische Tramhaltestelle Basel (CH)

2012
Galerie Vorortost Leipzig (D)  | Kulturzentrum Le Triangle (F) | Galerie Stahlberger (D) | II. Grafik Biennale Rumänien

2013
Galerie Stahlberger (D) | Kunstverein Schopfheim (D) | Kuboshow (D) Colab Gallery (D)

2014
Museum am Steinhaus Nagold (D) | Detroit Contemporary Art gallery (US) | Villa Renata Basel (CH) | Positions Berlin Kunstmesse (D) | Galerie Gerken Berlin (D)

2015
Galerie Sprützehüsli Oberwil (CH) | ART Karlsruhe | Galerie Haus Salmegg (D)