Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
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Installation view: Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Bolero Bordello, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, 2025 -
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When we move through the world we are constantly adjusting our bodies in relationship to space. I began to understand this dynamic through dance, where the body is constantly vibrating against architecture and other bodies redefining itself. In my paintings I use this as a starting point to open a discussion on audience and scale.
– Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
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Works
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
Radiant Rose Garden, 2025Acrylic on canvasSigned and dated verso215 x 320 cm
84.7 x 126 inchesB-MLUTZKINOY-.25-0024Further images
'Bolero Bordello' reflects Matthew Lutz-Kinoy’s interest in mirroring music within the design of the exhibition. The legacy of the Ballets Russes resonates throughout the show, with dancer and choreographer Vaslav...'Bolero Bordello' reflects Matthew Lutz-Kinoy’s interest in mirroring music within the design of the exhibition. The legacy of the Ballets Russes resonates throughout the show, with dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky standing out among its most luminous figures. Nijinsky’s radical choreography and magnetic performances epitomized the troupe’s daring spirit. The works on view engage with the iconic and dramatic narratives of this historic company: flowers painted at human scale imaginatively evoke Nijinsky as an anthropomorphic, thorned rose.External ExhibitionsNewsPressPublicationsThe exhibition video includes scenes from the 30-minute live performance Bolero Bordello – Berlin Rhapsody,which took place as part of the current exhibition Bolero Bordello at Capitain Petzel. Surrounded by paintings,objects, and architectural gestures, the performance transformed the gallery into an active stage, blurring theboundaries between installation, choreography, and concert.With Matthew Lutz-Kinoy and PRICE. Music Arrangement by Merlin Modulaw.BiographyBorn 1984 in New York, NY
Lives and works in Paris, France
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy works at the intersection of performance, installation, and painting. His practice explores the interaction between body and space, often drawing on dance or theater as reference points. By transforming scenes, objects, and environments, he creates poetic, sometimes surreal visual worlds where reality and fiction intertwine.
Lutz-Kinoy’s solo exhibitions include The Kitchen and Dia Beacon, New York; Cranford Collection, London; Museum Frieder Burda | Salon Berlin; Vleeshal, Middelburg; Le Consortium, Dijon; and MoMA PS1, New York. His work has also been featured in institutional group exhibitions at Singer Laren Museum; Luma Westbau, Zürich; Z33, Hasselt; Aïshti Foundation, Beirut; Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris; Kunsthalle Zürich; FRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux; Sharjah Biennial; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
His work is held in collections including ADN Collection; Aïshti Foundation; Collection Consortium Museum; Cranford Collection; FRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA; Homestead Museum; KADIST Foundation; Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris; Rennie Collection; S.M.A.K. Gent; Syz Collection; TBA21; and The Ekard Collection.
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