Solo show Zurich

L’OUTSIDER

20.05.2019 – 25.05.2019

L’HORIZON DES EVENEMENTS

Kolly Gallery is excited to present the multi-faceted and versatile new series of artworks entitled L’Horizon des Événements of L’outsider in Zurich from May 20 to May 25, 2019. Devotion, perfectionism and quite a bit of boldness describe L’outsider’s artistic practice. That is well represented in new canvases at Kolly Gallery.

The artworks contain very complex compositions with a juxtaposition of various structures and vibes. It seems astonishing how L’outsider combines the rather distinct textures. Due to this high variance of patterns and fragments, the artworks almost seem to vibrate and shimmer. For the series L’Horizon des Événements L’outsider was inspired by the black hole’s formation and activities. The acceleration of matter before falling into the black hole without being able to get out of it is an aspect that seems to reflect L’outsiders current series. In addition, his artistic practice is constantly evolving and always in motion!

Discover L’OUTSIDER original artworks

„ I don’t want to just repeat my know-how as in my former job. Instead I want to surprise myself constantly. “

L’Outsider, 2019.

Some other canvases reflect his graffiti roots and therefore present abstract and planar compositions, complemented by wild splashes. Observing his visual imagery he developed a practice of graffiti that is no longer based on the deformation of the letter, but on a transposition of geometric shapes which inhere an elementary typography based on the letter. The series has been strongly influenced and evolved through his street project madmaxxx. Therefore the artist has exclusively used the Montana-Madmaxxx spray can whose fat cap imitates an immense calligraphic pen. The ambition and the approach in these works are to find a new form of graffiti that contains neither a tag nor a throw up!

The artist divides spaces into zones which represent accumulations of sensations, fragmentation of matter and inspiration, playing with the balance of association and its meaning.

Tania Di Brita

More about L’outsider

Installation view