Luis Zimmermann German, b. 1998

The German artist Luis Zimmermann (born 1998) moves in his work between memory, dream, and disappearance. The artist draws from his personal archive of material, family photographs and his own, extracting fragments from its original context and arranging them anew. His motifs arise from intimate surroundings, yet at times take on broader sociopolitical resonance — when, for instance, fragments of demonstrations flicker through. He first reassembles fragments digitally and then transfers translucent textile layer by layer onto the canvas. The fabric acts as a veil, concealing and revealing at once, so that figures, objects, and landscapes seem familiar yet remain elusive.

Zimmermann’s artistic process resembles collage and follows an interdisciplinary approach, where diverse materials and perspectives overlap, fracture, and come together again. The interplay between photography, painting, and textile creates illusionistic spaces that resist fixed interpretation. What emerges are images that echo the uncertainty of memory, where a color, a texture, or a fleeting sensation can outlast a concrete face or event.