MY NAME IS MAXIMILIAN GUTMAIR. I WAS BORN 1989 IN BAMBERG. I LIVE AND STUDY IN MUNICH AT THE ACADEMY OF VISUAL ARTS.

IN MY ART I'M CONSTANTLY SEEKING NEW EXPERIENCES AND DIRECTIONS THROUGH THE USE OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND MEDIA. MY CREATIVE PROCESS BEGINS DEEP IN ME, WHEN I EXPERIENCE LIFE AND LOOK ON THE WORLD THROUGH ALL MY SENSES. I CATCH MY IDEAS IN SKETCHBOOKS, WHERE I WORK VERY QUICKLY AND SPONTANEOUSLY. USING DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES SUCH AS DRAWING, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND PRINTING I TURN MY IDEAS INTO ARTWORKS. THROUGHOUT THIS TRANSFORMATION, NEW IMPRESSIONS ARISE WHICH HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON MY SKETCHES IN A CONTINUOUS, CIRCULAR, OR BETTER STILL SPIRAL, PROCESS.

MY ART EXPLORES HUMAN BODIES AND EXPERIENCES, ALTHOUGH MOSTLY MEN, WHO ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THEIR EMOTIONS, BODY, SEXUALITY AND GENDER, SHOWING HUMAN RELATIONS AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY ARE EXPOSED TO NATURE AND SPIRITUALITY. I SEE THE HUMAN BODY AND SEXUALITY INFLUENCED BY ITS ENVIRONMENT, THE NORMS AND VALUES OF SOCIETY, AND PORNOGRAPHY. AS A RESULT PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SICKNESS GROWS, SEXUAL AND BODY DISORDER APPEARS, AND CONTRAINTS OCCUR.WHEN YOU LOOK AT MY ART YOU MIGHT SEE A QUICK SKETCH, LIKE A CHILD'S DRAWING, BUT IT ACTUALLY CONTAINS SENSUAL AND PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL. MY ART PLACES EMPHASIS ON AESTHETICS AND THE HARMONY BETWEEN FORM AND COLOURS, WHICH RENDERS THE THEMES LIGHT AND NEAR HARMLESS.

MUNICH, 2020