Robert Lanz – painting and works on paper, art fair presentationRobert Lanz – LISTE 26, paintings and works on paper, art Basel

BLACK PSYOP, 2018

Ink, iron oxide black, copper, aluminium on paper
42 x 29.7 cm (16.54 x 11.69 in)
Robert Lanz – RL:P-25-100, painting, overviewRobert Lanz – RL:P-25-100, painting, studio view

UNTITLED, 2025
Oil, egg tempera, tar, ink, aluminium, mother-of-pearl, copper, shellac on cotton
190 x 150 cm (74.80 x 59.06 in)

 
Robert Lanz – SCHAUFENSTER JACKY, painting referencing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

JACKY – JACQUELINE LEE BOUVIER KENNEDY ONASSIS, 2018

Ink, aluminum, copper burned on paper

Papersize:
29.70 x 21 cm (11.69 x 8.27 in)

Framesize:
37.90 x 50.20 cm (14.92 x 19.76 in)

 

TSANTSA NOVA

(detail), 2025 — film loop, 6 sec.
 
FILM LOOP · 6 SEC · WITHOUT SOUND

The loop on the homepage is just one fragment – one of twelve shots from TSANTSA NOVA. The camera stays on a detail for six seconds while it shifts between organic and mineral, then loops back.

 

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Four sculptural artefacts, 2025

Caput Inferni – The Treasure Keeper, sculptural artefact, TSANTSA NOVA series, Robert Lanz
Caput Inferni – The Treasure Keeper, sculptural artefact, TSANTSA NOVA series, Robert Lanz
Caput Vocis – The Conjurer, sculptural artefact, TSANTSA NOVA series, Robert Lanz
Caput Vocis – The Conjurer, sculptural artefact, TSANTSA NOVA series, Robert Lanz
Caput Mysterii – The Mirror, sculptural artefact, TSANTSA NOVA series, Robert Lanz
Caput Mysterii – The Mirror, sculptural artefact, TSANTSA NOVA series, Robert Lanz
Caput Contractus – The Pact Head, sculptural artefact, TSANTSA NOVA series, Robert Lanz
Caput Contractus – The Pact Head, sculptural artefact, TSANTSA NOVA series, Robert Lanz

A series of head-like suspended artefacts, formed from coconut and layered with pigment, resin and ritual matter. Each reinterprets the historical shrunken head (tsantsa) through four axes: possession, pact, reflection, voice.

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ROBERT LANZ RL/P-14-204

UNTITLED, 2014

Oil, ink, tar, pigments, pen ink, boat varnish on Alu-DIBOND

30 x 40 cm (11.81 x 15.75 in)

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UNTITLED, 2018
Oil, tar, ink, ink, aluminum, copper, shellac on wood

60 x 50 x 1.5 cm (23.62 x 19.69 x 0.59 in)

ANDY, 2015

Oil, ink, tar, copper, schellack, pigments on canvas

90 x 80 x 1.80 cm (35.43 x 31.50 x 0.71 in)

HELEN, 2015 Oil, ink, tar, copper, schellack, pigments on canvas. 90 x 80 x 1,8 cm / 35.43 x 31.5 x 0.71 in
HELEN, 2015 Oil, ink, tar, copper, schellack, pigments on canvas. 90 x 80 x 1,8 cm / 35.43 x 31.5 x 0.71 in
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DIS/PERSION

Fragmented painting / 82 glass vials / digital counterpart

Glass vial from the 82-part edition
Item ID structure: RL/O-25-117-50/82

DIS/PERSION, 2025
 
Fragmented painting, glass vials, labels, QR codes, digital archive / NFT-linked edition
 
DIS/PERSION transforms a destroyed work on paper into 82 individually numbered glass vials. Each object contains physical fragments of the original artwork and functions as a material trace, archival unit and digital access point.
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ROBERT LANZ

UNTITLED, 2019

Oil, ink, metal pigments, aluminum, shallac, bronze powder, graphite on linen

190 x 130 (74.80 x 51.18 in)

ROBERT LANZ LISTE 24 – 2018 (18)-min

UNTITLED, 2018
Iron oxide black, copper, aluminium on paper

42 x 29.70 cm (16.54 x 11.69 in)

Robert Lanz – OR, 2018, painting, LISTE art fair BaselRobert Lanz – artwork, painting, Berlin studio

OR, 2018

Iron oxide black, copper, aluminium on paper

42 x 29.70 cm (16.54 x 11.69 in)

Robert Lanz – RL:P-08-201, early work, painting

CORPUS DETECTI, 2008
Oil, tar, shellac, ink on wood

260 x 190 cm (102.36 x 74.80 in)

OR, 2018

Ink, aluminium, copper, iron oxide on paper
42 x 29.7 cm (16.54 x 11.69 in)
Robert Lanz – HIDING BEHIND THE DYING, 2016, painting

HIDING BEHIND THE DYING, 2016
Ink, Indian ink, metallic pigments, bronze powder on paper
21 x 29,7 cm (8.27 x 11.69 in)

Robert Lanz – artwork at art fair

UNTITLED, 2019
Oil, ink, copper, shellac, aluminum, pigments, resin on paper on canvas.
60 x 50 x 3 cm (23.62 x 19.69 x 1.18 in)

Robert Lanz – UNTITLED, 2011, oil tar shellac pigments ink on canvas, 100 x 80 cm

UNTITLED, 2011
Oil, tar, shellac, pigments, ink on canvas
100 x 80 cm (39.37 x 31.50 in)

Robert Lanz – RL:D-18-1085, painting on canvas

UNTITLED, 2018

Iron oxide black, copper, aluminium on paper

42 x 59.40 cm (16.54 x 23.39 in)

Robert Lanz – RL:P-18-951, painting, oil on canvas

UNTITLED, 2018

Oil, ink, copper, shellac, aluminum, pigments, resin on canvas.
42 x 59.40 cm (16.54 x 23.39 in)

Robert Lanz – artist portrait, Berlin

CASTILLO DEL MAR, 2018

Ink, aluminium, copper, iron oxide on paper
42 x 29.70 cm (16.54 x 11.69 in)