Pattern Dissolve I Am Flower, 2025

Translation of the text on the painting: “As upon a heap of rubbish thrown on the highway, a lily grows and blooms, fragrant and elegant, so among the ignorant multitude, the disciple of the fully enlightened one shine in resplendent wisdom”.<br /><br /><p>The painting <em>“Pattern Dissolve I Am Flower” </em>is inspired by the artist’s research around flower arranging practices. This painting revolved around a verse in the <em>Dhammapada</em>, which describes how, in nature, a clear and pristine flower can grow out of a pile of trash or mud:</p><p>“As a sweet-smelling and beautiful lotus flower may grow upon a heap of rubbish thrown on the highway, so also, out of the rubbish heap of beings may appear a disciple of the Buddha, who with his wisdom shines forth far above the ignorant worldlings.”</p><p>Much like the process of producing artworks, the task of the artist involves the transformation of materials and the ability to create refined beauty from the simplest and roughest tools of the world. In Lutz-Kinoy’s paintings, the flowers are large and anthropomorphic — stand-ins for human forms and reflections of our own bodies and experiences.</p><p>At the top and bottom of the works are borders, both patterned — resembling a silk border attached to a scroll — and screen-printed, containing text and renderings of historical illustrations of the <em>Dhammapada</em> taken from an illuminated manuscript.</p><p>Reading Lutz-Kinoy’s practice through the lens of the <em>Dhammapada</em>, we can see how these large, near-abstract flowers merge philosophies of art-making with philosophies of how to be in the world.</p><br />For his 3rd solo show at Gallery Kamel Mennour and his first in the Matignon Gallery, MLK transforms the space into a domestic context. A chimeric bedroom and office that narrates a story on the image of political, transitions of power and the search for world peace. Princess PomPom: Medicine Blue presents itself as a domestic dramatization within the Mennour Matignon gallery. A chimeric bedroom narrates a story about the political imagination, transitions of power, and the quest for world peace. This bedroom functions as an office and spiritual think tank belonging to the artist’s alter ego, surrounded by meditations on global harmony, inner peace, and the miraculous capacity of human imagination.