John Armleder's installation "Quelques objets volants" features a framed collage with a vintage magazine cover, showcasing a woman in a blue coat, surrounded by colorful, festive trimmings like ribbons and streamers. The composition juxtaposes retro imagery with vibrant, playful elements, creating a fusion of past and present. Armleder’s artistic approach blends Dada's randomness with a nod to geometric abstraction, inviting viewers to explore the boundaries of art and life. The work reflects the artist's ongoing dialogue with art history and his playfully critical perspective on consumer culture. ...
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.
