TSANTSA NOVA

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

A six-second clip from an ongoing series.

 

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.


What looks still is actually constantly moving, barely noticeably. Watch it longer and you see more—that’s what the work asks you to do.

 

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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

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)

ROBERT LANZ Item-ID: RL/P-18-643

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)
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