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Luftwerk

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  • Luftwerk, the Chicago-based artistic duo of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, develops spatial experiences mined from the creative possibilities of nature, data, and the built environment. Their installations, site-specific interventions, and artwork create a tangible exploratory experience, swathed in the simplicity of light, color, and shape. Each project of the duo builds and expands the body of work — the relationships between material and context that inform the experience of space, architecture, and landscape. The work is at once beautifully reflective of its site and also part of a greater understanding at the core of Luftwerk’s practice.

    Luftwerk states, "what fascinates us is the combination of color and light, to expand our understanding of color. Our interest in spatial compositions takes this phenomenon of color and light interactions into a realm where perspectives seem to shift and a space transforms into an immersive canvas, inviting a viewer to breathe, look, and experience."
     
    In conjunction with Anne Lindberg's Of all colors and concurrent survey exhibition MANIFEST, Luftwerk transformed the Salon space at SECRIST | BEACH. Visit our "Salon" page to read more!
  • Exhibitions
    • MANIFEST

      MANIFEST

      Survey Exhibition 20 Sep - 16 Nov 2024
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  • Installations and artwork by Luftwerk have been exhibited broadly at institutions including: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY; Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Nashville, TN; Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA; Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich; Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL. Throughout their practice, Luftwerk has develop a robust portfolio of projects that engage with notable modern and contemporary architecture including: Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, IL by Gehry Partners;  Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona and Farnsworth House, Plano, IL by Mies van der Rohe; Ford Residence, Aurora, IL by Bruce Goff; Millennium Park, Chicago, IL by SOM; Fallingwater, Mill Run, PA and Robie House, Chicago, IL by Frank Lloyd Wright; and Netsch Residence, Chicago, IL by Walter Netsch. The artists have realized numerous large-scale permanent public and private commissions in Atlanta, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago, Harare, Tampa, and Kansas City. They have received numerous awards, including project awards from the AIA Chicago, Graham Foundation, and the Illinois Arts Council. Their work is in several public and private collections including the Public Art collections of Chicago and Fulton County, Museum Buchheim, USF Institute for Research in Art. 
    Their work has been featured in publications such as Artforum, Hyperallergic, Time Magazine, The New Yorker. 
  • Works
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Luftwerk, Landscape is a Composition (Light to Dark), 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Luftwerk, Landscape is a Composition (Light to Dark), 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Luftwerk, Landscape is a Composition (Light to Dark), 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Luftwerk, Landscape is a Composition (Light to Dark), 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Luftwerk, Landscape is a Composition (Light to Dark), 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Luftwerk, Landscape is a Composition (Light to Dark), 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Luftwerk, Landscape is a Composition (Light to Dark), 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Luftwerk, Landscape is a Composition (Light to Dark), 2024

    Luftwerk

    Landscape is a Composition (Light to Dark), 2024
    Wall painting made of 7 rectangular shapes, color changing LED
    Dimensions variable
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    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Luftwerk, Linear Perspective 3, 2023
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Luftwerk, Linear Perspective 3, 2023
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Luftwerk, Linear Perspective 3, 2023
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Luftwerk, Linear Perspective 3, 2023
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Luftwerk, Linear Perspective 3, 2023
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) Luftwerk, Linear Perspective 3, 2023
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 7 ) Luftwerk, Linear Perspective 3, 2023
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 8 ) Luftwerk, Linear Perspective 3, 2023
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