Statement:

My works deal with the very nature of human desires and explores economic, social, and financial markets including the contemporary art market. Through both sculpture and painting, I examine the nature of desire, the exploitation of man, and the human condition as a whole. My work also examines the idea of the ready-made through the appropriation, exultation, as well as debasement of the work of Andy Warhol.

Biography:

Born in 1982, Charles Lutz is a New York based artist whose work has been exhibited in the US and Internationally. He received his BFA in Art History and Painting from Pratt Institute in 2004. He most recently showed his work in solo exhibition at 108 Fine Arts, Harrogate, UK, in 2009. Lutz's works deal with the very nature of human desires and explores economic, social, and financial markets including the contemporary art market. He deals with these themes through the painstaking techniques of the traditional crafts person, be it the luxury trunk maker, the master printer, the illustrator, or the realist painter. Through the implementation and manipulation of the techniques of these artisans, Lutz examines the nature of desire, the exploitation of man, and the human condition as a whole. Lutz also examines the idea of the ready-made through the appropriation of the work of Andy Warhol. Through both reproduction and manipulation of Warhol's work, Lutz explores how these works can function both conceptually and as a form of currency in a capitalistic and exploitative society.