Mathis Altmann

Mathis Altmann

BornNationalityBased In
1987N/ALos Angeles, Zürich
Biography

Mathis Altmann’s installations and sculptures show a strong socio-critical awareness, and his skillful use of assemblage and collage portrays an intricately complex world. Using consumer goods, waste, everyday objects, and building materials, he creates scenarios that expose the illusion of a glamorous and carefree world and invites the audience to see beyond the surface. Altmann explores themes such as abundance, consumption, disposability, functionality, and superficiality, with a focus on creative digital work in a globalized and accelerated urban environment. He uses fierce irony and targeted hybridization to satirize the need for idealization, even though his works are exemplary, as well as reflects on how humans tend to find patterns and order in everything, resulting in meaningful stories and information. ...

Selected Artworks
Idleness denied
Mathis AltmannIdleness denied, 2022
50 x 44 x 23cm
wedontwork
Mathis Altmannwedontwork, 2021
25 x 192 x 7cm
nowewont
Mathis Altmannnowewont, 2021
18 x 155 x 7cm
wewont
Mathis Altmannwewont, 2021
18 x 118 x 7cm
Less than zero
Wired & Stoned
C'mon Collapse
Not yet Titled
Mathis AltmannNot yet Titled, 2023
48 x 42.5 x 11cm
Mid-City II
Mathis AltmannMid-City II, 2023
145 x 70 x 60cm
Untitled
Mathis AltmannUntitled, 2023
48 x 42.5 x 11cm
Gallery Representation
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