"TRANSFORMERS. Luciano Castelli – Self Portraits 1974" presents the artistic beginnings of Luciano Castelli, one of the main representatives of the Berlin Neue Wilde art movement. As early as the 1970s he explored the still very much current topic of gender and experimented with materials such as glimmer, sequins, and feathers. In the androgynous self-depiction he found a way to himself embody the art work as a painter, a photographer, a musician and a filmmaker and reinvent himself with each new work. His earliest works already exhibit a fearless willingness to bare himself without compromise and to also include his friends in his art. The ritual of dressing and undressing developed into performances staged by Castelli in order to create a fictional existence. He subsequently increasingly relied on photography, for it was only by means of the camera that he could give permanence to his fleeting theater appearances and objectify his role. The act of fixing himself in the image and the experiences resulting from this practice continue to shape his artistic work up to the present day.

TRANSFORMER. Luciano Castelli - Selfportraits 1974

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