(text by Tania di Brita)
Known for the fact that Louane’s exhibitions are always charged on several levels of content, is als confirmed by his most recent artworks Castles. The image carrier which was an existing product that was used in a poster frame and now gets new life through Louane’s painting. Louane’s graffiti roots overlap extraordinarily with his painterly-figurative skills, bridging Swiss cultural heritage with contemporary cityscapes.

Castles have always been part of history and urban development. Louane visited them in childhood with his father and always felt a certain mystical aura and power of around these historic buildings in their environments. An interest in the cultural heritage and its surroundings that the artist always maintains and constantly inspires his creative practice. After moving back this year to his hometown Fribourg and the familiar neigh- borhood, he felt the power of being “at home”. He felt overcome with his memories of castles and the thought – which are the castles of today?

Castles

Host: Kolly Gallery
Dates: 18.10.2021 – 23.10.2021
Place: Zurich, Switzerland (online)

INSTALLATION

2021 Exhibition Castles Zurich, CH – Kolly Gallery

ARTWORKS

Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic and glow in the dark paint on canvas

Nowadays, the majority of the population in big cities lives in neighborhoods that are more and more often characterized by high-rise buildings. Urban planning has changed a lot historically, but the vibrant urban life and the pleasant feeling in “his” neighborhood always the same. So Louane feels back in his neighborhood, which somehow belongs to him too, feels in his home and therefore in his power.

Louane represents that generation who has been (and still is) immersed in the suburban culture and at the same time is looking to get closer local traditions and to nature. In Castles he found a way to express how he relates the buildings of his neighborhood as the castles. The streets and the cityscape belong to its community and the inhabitants of the communities are the Heirs of the Street.

All artworks are sold.