William Ludwig Lutgens BE, b. 1991
In his artistic practice, Lutgens works on multiple works at the same time, so that they can grow together creating a cohesive universe leaving the spectator somewhere in a juxtaposition, between the playful and the serious, amusement and discomfort.
William Ludwig’s work is a reflection of autobiographical elements combined with social realities, fixations and fantasies as well as human behaviors, urges and lusts.
In translating these snippets, Lutgens always tries to form his ideas starting form a drawing, which then quickly derives in another form, such as sculpture, sounds, text and images. William Ludwig Lutgens is versatile as it often emerges as a condensation of the streams of information that flow through his mind and it gradually evolves into a narrative. Trying to create these anecdotes in his signature illustrative style, leaves the viewer often with cultural associations or political issues.
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A more prominent asshole, 2023
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As neatly as portrayed, 2023
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Assholes #2, 2023
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Assholes #4, 2023
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Assholes #5, 2023
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Florida (puppet painting), 2023
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I wash my puppets five times a day, 2023
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Indiana (puppet painting), 2023
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Mississippi (puppet painting), 2023
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The beauty of a filthy evil animal, 2023
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The bigger the asshole the sweeter the bottom, 2023
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The Land of Cockaigne, 2023
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A Bush Does Not Beat Its Own Branches , 2022
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Acute food insecurity forces, 2022
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Bob Dylan had talked about herding sheep, 2022
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Call me a horse! Shakespeare in love, 2022
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Don't Look Someone In The Eye While Eating A Bandana, 2022
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How To Tie A Knot With Your Lips Sewn Shut, 2022
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It's The Year 2022 And Skinny Jeans Are Out Of Fashion, 2022
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Panorama of mentally ill, 2022
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Pigs resistant to lung disease , 2022
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Queen Of Cups, Mother Of Fluids, 2022
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Sports goods lynching, 2022
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The Narcissist Came 3 Days Earlier Than Mentioned, 2022
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To Throw The Flower Crown At The Tree, 2022
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Touch the object touch the rum, 2022
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An ocean of currency / water for the rich, 2021
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And soon my arms were all around her, 2021
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Indigenous grabbers, 2021
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Sad to say I'm on my way, 2021
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Spoiled little mamma's boy, 2021
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'Aesthetic Echoes'
PLUS-ONE GALLERY (SOUTH) 16 May - 16 Jun 2024With Aesthetic Echoes, PLUS-ONE Gallery wants to revive the appreciation, intimacy and ritual of the iconic format. Through paying homage to the significance of the album cover artwork, while embracing...Read more -
'FACE TIME'
PLUS-ONE GALLERY (NEW SOUTH) 25 Nov 2023 - 7 Jan 2024A genre with such extensive history like portraiture, proves to be a generous, yet challenging subject matter for an ambitious and playful group show. FACE TIME presents a large-scale selection...Read more -
William Ludwig Lutgens 'My mind is the mind of a fish'
PLUS-ONE GALLERY (NEW SOUTH) 3 Sep - 10 Oct 2022My mind is the mind of a fish is a solo exhibition by William Ludwig Lutgens, presenting a selection of the artist’s most recent drawings and paintings. The works of...Read more -
William Ludwig Lutgens, 'A Comedy of Humours'
PLUS-ONE GALLERY, (SOUTH) 17 Dec 2020 - 17 Jan 2021All the world's a stage and according to William Ludwig Lutgens (1991) the theatre unfolding itself on it is a comedy. The scenes he brings together in this exhibition express...Read more
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Groupshow L'Heure Bleue (Part I)
PLUS-ONE GALLERY , (NEW SOUTH) 9 Jun - 23 Aug 2020L’heure bleue is that moment when the sun has set, but the night has not fallen yet. This phenomenon of the blue hour takes place just before sunrise or sunset,...Read more -
Nel Aerts, William Ludwig Lutgens, Kasper De Vos, Filip Vervaet, ... 'Off Balance'
PLUS-ONE GALLERY, (NEW SOUTH) 19 Oct - 24 Nov 2019PLUS – ONE Gallery presents OFF BALANCE. A group exhibition with works from gallery artists Kasper De Vos, Nel Aerts, Filip Vervaet, William Ludwig Lutgens and Dennis Tyfus & Antoine...Read more -
Groupshow 'Looking at the world through rose coloured glasses'
PLUS-ONE GALLERY, (NEW SOUTH) 19 Jan - 3 Mar 2019Looking At The World Through Rose Coloured Glasses, is: Adam Leech - Andy Warhol - Antwan Horfee – Arman - Bendt Eyckermans - Beni Bischof - Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx...Read more -
Groupshow 'Lust, Laughter, Liquor, Art Brussels 2018'
PLUS-ONE GALLERY, (ART BRUSSELS) 19 - 22 Apr 2018Collaborating booth with Gallery Sofie Van de Velde.Read more
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Group Show 'Lust, Laughter & Liquor'
PLUS-ONE GALLERY, (NEW SOUTH) 22 Mar - 6 May 2018Groupshow - In collaboration with Gallery Sofie Van de Velde Lust, Laughter & Liquor, is the first jointly curated exhibition with Gallery Sofie Van de Velde in their shared space...Read more -
William Ludwig Lutgens 'Eat me up and spit me out, Junior'
PLUS-ONE GALLERY, (NEW SOUTH) 25 Jan - 17 Mar 2018He absorbs an abundance of images and impressions and then ‘vomits’ them into his works. This is how William Ludwig Lutgens (°1991) describes his own art practice. His paintings and...Read more -
Groupshow #infiniteflowersplusone #3
PLUS-ONE GALLERY, (NEW SOUTH) 2 Jul - 18 Aug 2017The 3rd accrochage of this exciting project and exhibition(s) about the infinite inspiration of flowers for contemporary artists. With: Antwan Horfee - Beni Bischof - Bernd Lohaus - C. Arocha...Read more
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William Ludwig Lutgens creates first film production with the support of Kunstplaats Vonk.
July 12, 2024In the work Joy Sauce, William Ludwig Lutgens explores the state of the modern workers, today’s entrepreneurs and achievement-oriented individuals — their own masters and slaves. Navigating...Read more -
'ENSOR En Sortie' with works by William Ludwig Lutgens, Carole Vanderlinden and Vaast Colson
January 13, 2024This weekend the group exhibition 'ENSOR En Sortie', curated by Eric Rinckhout opened at CAPS in Ostend. CAPS will present the gallery exhibition 'ENSOR En...Read more -
William Ludwig Lutgens on view at S.M.A.K. during NICC x 25
December 7, 2023NICC presents for its silver jubilee 'NICC x 25', a multilayered event that will take place in Hall 1 of S.M.A.K. from December 7 to...Read more -
William Ludwig Lutgens in 'The Clown Spirit' at Galleria Mucciaccia
May 24, 2023William Ludwig Lutgens his work is part of the group exhibition 'The Clown Spirit'. Inspired by family history related to the circus, Joanna De Vos...Read more -
William Ludwig Lutgens at Kunstennacht Hasselt
May 11, 2023In collaboration with VONK William Ludwig Lutgens work will be on view at Kunstennacht Hasselt. The old administrative centre becomes a bureaucratic backdrop for a...Read more -
Solo exhibition William Ludwig Lutgens at 38CC Delft
March 4, 2023In his first solo exhibition in the Netherlands, titled 'Happy to hear you're doing fine,' the Belgian artist William Ludwig Lutgens explores the complexities of...Read more -
William Ludwig Lutgens at Double Q Gallery
January 19, 2023New work of William Ludwig Lutgens is currently on view in the group exhibition 'Down in the woods, up in the sky' at Double Q...Read more