Oil on a Katalog for Ladies Fashion, painted in 2001. The french Citroen 2CV is a symbol for free love and life, its very thight inside, its minimum 3rd hand if you get one and its totally shaky inside but you cant flip it upside down even in hardest rides as Citroen promised its customers. It is not a status symbol and it‘s french.
The Car Portraits 2001–2010
The Car Portraits (2001–2010) is a long-term body of work created over roughly a decade: paintings made directly onto found printed media (magazines, catalogs, advertisements). Each piece is a one-off physical work; this token is the studio edition release of the motif. Lytke creates his paintings by working directly on photographs or printed matter, generating a distinctive interplay between painting and photography. Characterised by a restrained use of colour and isolated, objective elements, his works evoke openness and transformation. They offer a subtle commentary on the relationship between image and representation in contemporary culture, while challenging the conventions of media imagery by infusing them with a more art-historical significance. The Car Portraits, oil or later acrylic on paper, comprise over hundred works primarily created between 2001 and 2010.. All digital versions reflect the character and size of the original works – some of which are miniature pieces, painted in formats smaller than a matchbox.