Picture "Bird of Prey" (2014) (Unique piece)
Picture "Bird of Prey" (2014) (Unique piece)
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unique piece | signed | mixed media behind glass | framed | size 80 x 80 cm
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Picture "Bird of Prey" (2014) (Unique piece)
Andreas Lutherer is inspired by nature to create fascinating works. In his latest objects, he composes pictures of animals in a vegetative environment. In doing so, the grasses, leaves and stalks form a curtain, a hiding place or a stage for his animal protagonists.
He creates the shadow effect of his richly detailed motifs by means of three glass layers, which the artist skilfully joins together in his unmistakable technique, thus creating a depth whose effect is impossible to resist.
Mixed-media work behind glass on 3 levels, 2014. Signed. Size in object frame 80 x 80 cm as shown.
About Andreas Lutherer
The works of the artist Andreas Lutherer, born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, in 1962, are characterised by a symbiotic interaction between humankind and their environment.
In his photo prints, he processes only one motif at a time, which he dissolves to infinity in colour and structure. The viewer is encouraged to decipher the molecules of the pictorial language and to reassemble the motif into something familiar. In this way, everyone creates their own picture.
In 2010, he undertook a paradigm shift. His œuvre became more representational. The new works amaze with astonishing effects. Nature inspires Andreas Lutherer to create fascinating works. Several glass layers create the shadow effect of his detailed motifs, which the artist skilfully joins together in his unique technique, thus creating a depth whose effect is simply impossible to resist.
Today, Lutherer is renowned and has realised numerous commissioned works for large companies and regularly exhibits at home and abroad.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art that has been personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolours, drawing, etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there exist the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a type of modern art, that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.
In the history of arts, the starting point of this trend was the work "Les Meules" (1890/1891) by Claude Monet, in which for the first time a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.