05.20.2021-06.25.2021
Protokoll, images of power
De Jonckheere invites Christian Lutz
In Protokoll, the photographer observes how authority is organised within the hierarchical systems to which political decision-makers and their delegations are subjected.
He isolates the clichés that rule the world and records the unsaid and unobserved with his camera. His images show a reality that differs from the official photographs. The power presented in these strictly codified rituals is only briefly revealed through fleeting gestures.
Christian Lutz creates a context in which the activities of the ministers, their deputies, and the staff orbiting this political cosmos unfold. The photographs present a concentrated critique that calls into question a deeply ingrained system of representation provoking both laughter and astonishment in the viewer.
As part of Art en Vieille-Ville event, De Jonckheere gallery will be hosting the photographer, who was recently named Photographer of the Year 2020 by the Swiss Photo Academy.
Christian Lutz
Christian Lutz, born in Geneva in 1973, studied photography at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts de l’Image, “Le 75” in Brussels. He has been awarded many prizes in Switzerland and abroad for his artwork, which regularly features in exhibitions. He has been working as a freelance photographer in Geneva since 1996.