OLIVER LUTZ
I hate this question. I think the question itself can sometimes be irrelevant. Oliver Lutz is a contemporary artist because he's making art now! This question only becomes relevant when you see someone making paintings like Mondrian or something. The influence of an artist established in a particular art movement is then undeniable. That artist making Mondrian paintings is in the wrong century! Oliver Lutz'z influences of art are the late 1800s until now. All re-interpreted into what he thinks is good art and what is special. Pretty much all contemporary work does that. It wont be till like 50 years from now we can look back and truly understand the contemporary movement of what artists were making in the 2000s. Why try to pinpoint it with a label or a trend? Isn't that one of the beautiful calculations of Contemporary art, its everything.
So to make it plain and simple: I don't know what Oliver Lutz is doing, but I understand what he's interested in and where he's coming from. I attended an artist talk by him and had a studio visit from him. I know after making a beautiful painting he will completely obliterate it with black paint. The audience is only able to view the painting underneath the black through special cameras. I feel like he's responding to our surveillance of culture. I know he's interested in many other things, his performances are really interesting too.
Photo Links:
http://www.artlies.org/_issues/59/reviews/sa.judson.lutz2.jpg
http://arttattler.com/Images/Europe/Belgium/Ghent/SMAK/Beyond%20the%20Picturesque/lutz.jpg
Main Website About the Artist:
http://www.oliverlutz.com/bio.htm
Gallery Links:
http://ps1.org/studio-visit/artist/oliver-lutz
-sorry about all the copy paste links, i couldnt get the links to work on my blog
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