The Lion’s Hunt
2019 - Painting (Painting)
370 x 240 cm
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
The Lion’s Hunt by Matthew Lutz-Kinoy is a large format painting that recalls Delacroix’s paintings and tapestries from the 19th century, where the painterly surface became a garden invaded by wild beasts. In Lutz-Kinoy’s painting, two ferocious lions appear to be preying on several horses. Accentuated by luminous browns and yellows, the lions evoke imperialist fantasies. The horses are segmented into mirage-like fragments. The heads and the legs are recognized, but the artist uses bright whites and the positive and negative space of his stencil technique to show their lack of expression, as they seem to be losing the battle. By creating theatrical scenarios that mix figurative elements with mythological characters and narratives, Lutz-Kinoy works pay homage to the histories, traditions, and techniques of representation while exploring identity, gender, visibility, and pleasure.
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy has a multifaceted practice, vacillating from painting to poetry, theater performance to ceramics. He is best known for his large-scale paintings often installed like decorative tapestries on walls or suspended from the ceiling, which physically immerse viewers. Performance-based production is an essential element of Lutz-Kinoy’s practice. The artist is deeply influenced by histories of collaborative and queer practice, as well as studying dance, which has helped him to better understand how people maneuver their bodies as they move in specific spaces. Lutz-Kinoy’s research-based performances manifest as dance productions, traveling dinner parties, and programmed events within his exhibitions. He often collaborates with other artists to explore new horizons : Tobias Madison, James English Leary, Natsuko Uchino or Chelsea Culp.
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