The Sculptor of Memory Rooms in Three-Dimensional Photographs
Lennart Kaltea is the artist who takes the photographic technique to a new dimension, literally and conceptually. Using a classic bellows camera, he creates carefully staged studio images, where every detail is carefully considered and nothing is left to chance. This process takes time, and for Kaltea, time is the material that shapes memory and gives perspective on the present.
In his studio pictures, Lennart Kaltea builds up his motifs with the same precision and care as the old painting masters created their still lifes. By using photography as a medium, he creates three-dimensional and spatial images that give the viewer the opportunity to explore different perspectives.
In Kaltea's work, influences from the great masters of art such as Man Ray, Kenneth Noland, Malevich and Michelangelo can be found. These figures become distant colleagues in his picture room and memory room, where details and references to Western art and cultural history emerge. Sometimes Kaltea takes a humorous approach, as when he places Michelangelo's famous fingertips from "God Creates Adam" amidst fish tails and cubist squares, giving a liberating and playful dimension to his artistic expression.
