sports & leisure - Sun Resorts

Wolfgang Loesche pictures Kanuhura / Art at Kanuhura
Ultimately, it may not matter that much to pinpoint who and
what the actual references are if we consider that images
travel anyway, be it in their formal aspect or their signifying
dimensions, the essence of what they enigmatically convey
moving ever so freely from one artist to the other, and
beyond the restricted circle of the institutionally recognised
art world or, less prosaically, from one being to another.
Loesche’s work takes on the quality of a story. Every
element juxtaposed to another is telling its own tale in each
painting, and in the series that pushes the story-telling
process further, be it with the movement of seaplanes or
sea turtles; man at ease in the wildest and yet most civilised
of environments. Here is presented a view of what can be
seen and experienced at KANAHURA, but it is resolutely
Loesche’s own view that orients it this way or that, for this
is someone who dissects, decomposes, analyses reality
by cutting and pasting it in three movements and often
three main colours around which he constructs his images.
And yet something remains half-said, partly uncovered,
as though the most private side of the artist himself were
kept concealed in the imposing suitcases that keep coming
back as a leitmotiv in his work. This battered and familiar
container, the carrier and the reference point par excellence
when one leaves home, carries at once reminiscence and the
memories of every step away from the familiar. Loesche’s
suitcases bear marks from different travelling episodes, or
so it seems. They appear like massive books that hold the
secret of his own story, a story that remains untold. Truth
be said, perhaps Loesche’s paintings speak of every story
rather than his own. Perhaps his own remains outside of
the paintings, or concealed under the white paint that he
liberally applies to produce gaps in the paintings, thus
giving them more depth. Of course, the artist recomposes
KANAHURA according to his own logic and in his own style.
But even in the richest of games not all cards are played –
discretion and privacy are here guaranteed.
Le point de vue de l’artiste est sa propre vision de Kanuhura.
L’homme dissèque, décompose et analyse le réel en trois temps,
trois mouvements et souvent trois couleurs majeures autour
desquelles il construit.
Pourtant, quelque chose de la trame nous échappe, comme s’il
nous parlait à demi-mot. Comme si l’intimité de l’artiste restait
cachée dans les imposantes valises qui reviennent en leitmotiv
dans son œuvre. Ce contenant usé et familier que l’on emporte
loin de chez soi et que l’on ramène charrie les réminiscences et
les souvenirs de chaque pas en terre étrangère, loin des terrains
déjà foulés.
Les valises de Loesche semblent porter la marque de ses divers
épisodes. Elles ressemblent à d’énormes livres contenant le
secret de son parcours, une histoire inavouée. Ses toiles parlent
peut-être plus de ce qui ponctue chaque aventure humaine
que de la sienne propre, restée en dehors du cadre… A moins
qu’elle ne soit voilée par la peinture blanche qu’il applique
généreusement. L’artiste recompose Kanuhura à sa façon, sans
jamais abattre toutes ses cartes. Dans ce jeu de lumières, la
discrétion règne ! Cela, il l’a bien compris…
38 - SUNDAYS MAGAZINE / ISSUE N°1 N° 2 DECEMBER APRIL 20122011
Wolfgang Loesche is a German artist inspired by Pop Culture.
Wolfgang Loesche est un peintre allemand, dont l’œuvre est inspirée par
la « Pop Culture ».
www.wolfgangloesche.de