Klaus Lutz
Klaus Lutz (born March 21, 1940 in St. Gallen ; † September 9, 2009 in New York City ) was a Swiss painter, experimental filmmaker and performance artist.
Life
Lutz was a teacher by profession. He grew up in St. Gallen and lived in Zurich for many years , including Genoa for a while . In 1973 Lutz designed a picture book with 31 small-format drypoint etchings based on Robert Walser's Das Ende der Welt . Klaus Lutz has been making experimental films since the mid-1980s, which he showed in 1999 in the Helmhaus in Zurich . In 1992 Lutz received the studio grant for the studio loft of the city of Zurich in New York. He then stayed in the East Village , a suburb of Manhattan in New York , where he lived and worked in a small studio until his death. He dressed this room in black for his film productions and recordings. In 2003 he received the Zurich city grant.
On September 11, 2009, two days after his death, his space odyssey Titan was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival .
Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich showed a retrospective on the work of Klaus Lutz in 2012 under the title “The artist's house”.
Fonts
- Acrobatics , Zurich: Helmhaus, 1999
documentation
- Frank Matter: The Beauty of My Island. Shooting Klaus Lutz. Documentary, 33 min., Switzerland / USA 1999
Web links
- Literature by and about Klaus Lutz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Klaus Lutz website
- Daniele Muscionico: The art acrobat. Klaus Lutz (1940-2009) receives the well-deserved honor in Haus Konstruktiv , at: NZZ, June 2, 2012
- Swiss artist Klaus Lutz dies , at: NZZ, September 15, 2009
- "The end of the world"
- Elisabeth Grossmann: Lutz, Klaus. In: Sikart
Individual evidence
- ^ Shooting Klaus Lutz
- ^ Titan at the Toronto Film Festival
- ↑ Klaus Lutz's universe in Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich
- ↑ The Beauty of My Island - Shooting Klaus Lutz at: soap factory Basel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lutz, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2009 |
| Place of death | New York City |