John Armleder's "Quelques objets volants" is an installation that juxtaposes a vintage fashion magazine cover with colorful, festive objects housed within a wooden frame. The composition combines mixed media, blending a printed image with three-dimensional elements like ribbons and noisemakers. The artwork reflects an assemblage style, emblematic of Armleder's diverse influences ranging from Dada to Abstract Expressionism. This playful piece likely questions art's conventional boundaries and reflects Armleder's penchant for merging everyday objects with high art, urging a reexamination of art's role and meaning. ...
John Armleder works exploratively between painting, sculpture, installation and performance. In a career spanning five-decades, Armleder seems decidedly hesitant to become comfortable with a singular media. Over the years, he’s drafted large scale abstract canvases, dripping in luminous strands of paint, he’s transformed furniture into sculpture, hanging tables to the wall like paintings, and he’s crafted elaborate performances with bizarre, absurdist costumes. In the 1960s, Armleder was a student of Fluxus in Geneva which informed his decision to found the Ecart Group in Switzerland. Later in the 1980s, Armleder was associated with Neo-Geometric Conceptualism and he continues to draw on the legacy of movements such as Dada and Abstract Expressionism. Musicians such as John Cage have also been key influences, with Cage’s sonic experimentations mirroring Armleder’s own creative curiosity. Although Armleder’s works have aesthetically morphed over the years, a sense of playfulness permeates each work. Using humour as his most regular tool, Armleder weilds together tropes and trends of various movements or specific creatives, synthesizing their impact to create pieces which continue to question the role of art today. ...
Lovay Fine Arts is dedicated to present innovative and critical practices by emerging and historical international artists. The gallery aims to connect various generations and nationalities to ground the program in a broad history of art.
