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_______________________________________________________________ Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Welcome To the Story Of My Life, Performance Still 09
_______________________________________________________________ Matthew Lutz-Kinoy,Welcome To the Story Of My Life, Installation view, 2009 _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Welcome To the Story Of My Life, 2009, Detail _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ Matthew Lutz-Kinoy,Welcome To the Story Of My Life, Installation view, 2009 _______________________________________________________________
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________________________Matthew Lutz KinoyWelcome To the Stories Of My Life __________________________ Welcome To The Story Of My Life consists of approximately 50 mins of life performance with a soundtrack by Sam Long. The act involves dance sequences, monologues, singing, action painting all of which are bound together through projected narratives. Three film narratives are given, from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Marriage of Maria Braun to the Beatnick dance scene from Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn and a previously documented performance by the artist. Lutz-Kinoy mimicks, responds to and performs over these sequences. Whilst the filmic narratives function as a kind of Leitmotif, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy layers on to that re-enactments of the filmed actions mixed with new monologue and the frantic production of action art. He acts dialogues with papier-mâché heads and leads from one action to another with short moments of vogueing to an electro soundtrack performed live by musician Sam Long. Accompanying the live performance are watercolours, which attest to a gestational rhythm, collages and clay sculptures, which complement the raw performative energy. Mathew Lutz-Kinoy, born 1984, is of a generation where the notions of post-modern quotation and hybridisation of artforms is an old hat. He moves through the media, producing collages of incredibly authentic and credibly inauthentic materials with an unerring sense of direction. As the artist puts it in conversation: "It's a kind of Rachel Harrison vs Franz West mash-up." Lutz-Kinoy's performance is a must-see, not only because it is exquisite and his practice as a whole hinges on the centrality of performing, but since he creates a Gesamtkunstwerk of reference materials and work in progress the exhibition that ensues will be just as worthwhile. He will perform with Sam Long at the Agency on the 30 th June from 6pm onwards. Matthew Lutz-Kinoy has recently had solo shows at Gallery Yukiko Kawase, Paris and Cooper Union, New York as well as participating in group projects in the Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Donaufestival Hamburg, Kunstverein Koeln, New Museum New York et al in 2009.
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