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Free Wifi Zone, 2022Oil on canvas103 x 81 cm
Fortnite
FEDERICO LUGERFortnite (2020) is Federico Luger's recent series of works. In these new oil paintings the artist was inspired by the popular videogame Fortnite. Each painting depicts one of the so-called "skins", a sort of gear a player can buy to dress her or his avatar in the game.
Artists had represented the classic topic of the warrior in different ways throughout art history for centuries; and in fact, the composition of each work alludes to the iconography of the historical portrait, in which weapons, garments and attributes conveyed the power of the depicted subject. In the same way, each of the characters represented in Luger's paintings is depicted with its gear because these actually imply different "abilities and skills" for the player who adopts it. (Even if all skins are technically the same). At the same time, the paintings balance an extremely realistic and "pop" style in the representation of the skin, with a more gestural and intuitive background. In these backgrounds it is possible to recognise Luger's personal style as well as elements from previous series; for example, the planets and the loops in Destiny, or the contraposition of geometrical abstract elements in Red Hood and Tomato Head, as well as the inclusion of details that add a hint of humour and irony to these new heroes.
The title of the series, All Roads Lead to Fortnite, alludes to the famous medieval proverb according to which "all roads lead to Rome". Today, in the age of the electronic representation of information through digital media, roads are not only made of mud and stones, and many of them lead to new kinds of contemporary digital public "places" or "agoras", like social networks, or video communication technologies (i.e. Zoom, Webex, Skype), thus reconfiguring the general perception of what "geography" is, and how it is currently conformed. In other words, what Marshall McLuhan called "the global village" has never been so literal as today.
However, it is not only a matter of geography, but also of what has been called "a relational space": a place that sets the conditions for being together, whether this space is physical or virtual does not make a difference any longer. Since 2017, when Fortnite was launched by Epic Games, and in particular during the global lockdown due to the pandemic, this videogame worked for millions of youngsters as an actual "place" of socialisation and of being together; children and teenagers around the world actually met in this virtual space and played together in ways that were not allowed for at least two months in most countries.
Thus the series of works pays homage to this social function of the game by giving a tangible materiality in a traditional medium, as oil on canvas is, to its most iconic characters. Exit the world of bits, enter the reign of pigments.
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Federico Luger, Pizza on Mars, 2021
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Federico Luger, Call for cheese!, 2021
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Federico Luger, Air banana defender, 2021
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Federico Luger, Hola, 2022
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Federico Luger, At the beach, 2021
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Federico Luger, 007 For Rent, 2022
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Federico Luger, Fortnite Music, 2021
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Federico Luger, I sell carrots, 2021
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Federico Luger, I sell cars, 2020
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Federico Luger, I sell gold, 2021
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Federico Luger, Reparacion de arcoÃris, 2021
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Federico Luger, Professional Bike, 2021
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Federico Luger, Toy, 2021
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Federico Luger, Delivery, 2021
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Federico Luger, I have the Cure, 2020
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Federico Luger, I sell Honey, 2020
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Federico Luger, Ninja "Fortnite", 2020
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Federico Luger, Universo, 2020
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Federico Luger, Marshmello, 2020
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Federico Luger, Where is my Mozzarella, 2020
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Federico Luger, The king, 2022
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Federico Luger, I sell NFT, 2021
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Federico Luger, Brexit, 2021
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Federico Luger, Fast eggs, 2021
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Federico Luger, I buy carrots, 2021
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Federico Luger, The Very Red Riding Hood (Fortnite), 2020
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Federico Luger, I sell Honey, 2020
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Federico Luger, I sell rats, 2021
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Federico Luger, Milk forever, 2021
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Federico Luger, Gold , 2021
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Federico Luger, Alone&Hot, 2022
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Federico Luger, I sell ideas, 2021
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Federico Luger, Free Wifi Zone, 2022
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Federico Luger, Vintage Shop, 2022
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Federico Luger, The rainbow thief, 2022
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Federico Luger, Vintage wines, 2022
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News & Exhibitions
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Federico Luger. All Roads Lead to Fortnite
ONLINE SOLO SHOW 4 March - 25 April 2020 All Roads Lead to Fortnite (2020) is Federico Luger’s recent series of works. In these new oil paintings the artist was inspired by the popular videogame Fortnite. Each painting depicts... -
Net Jumps | Opening May 27th, 2021 at Galleria Allegra Ravizza in Lugano
NEWS 27 May 2020 - 30 July 2021 The Galleria Allegra Ravizza based in Lugano is pleased to present NET JUMPS, a group show of the artists Igor Eškinja, Franklin Evans, and Federico Luger. The show aims at... -
Wizard Gallery participates in ART MARBELLA
ART FAIR 4 - 14 November 2021 Art Marbella is the first major modern & contemporary art fair in the Costa del Sol, Spain.
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Other group of works
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Federico Luger. Line Concept
SERIES 2003-2022 Federico Luger draws inspiration from different characters of the history and theory of contemporary art, especially from conceptualism (Joseph Kosuth and André Cadere) and minimalism (Fred Sanback). He uses the... -
Federico Luger. In the Round White Cube
SERIES 2003-2022 Federico Luger draws inspiration from different characters of the history and theory of contemporary art, especially from conceptualism (Joseph Kosuth and André Cadere) and minimalism (Fred Sanback). He uses the... -
Federico Luger. Fortnite
SERIES Fortnite (2020) is Federico Luger's recent series of works. In these new oil paintings the artist was inspired by the popular videogame Fortnite. Each painting depicts one of the so-called... -
Federico Luger
SERIES b. 1976
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