In his installations and creations, the artist brings together a form of anxiety in pastel colors with popular cultural references. Felix Kultau plays on the
very definitions we ascribe to objects, and enjoys hijacking them to the point of making them blossom differently, perhaps where we least expect them. When Kultau takes protein cans and turns them into a new light source, he transforms one energy into another. What was once used for muscles is now used for light, to shine in a different way. In each of the artist‘s creations, in each of his installations, there is an invitation to the public to conceive its own way of seeing the objects it identifies and believes it knows. He creates a kind of mental geography of memories, references and everyday objects - from our streets, our habits, our aspirations - the better to speak of aesthetics, metamorphosis and form. From the famous reworked Berlin streetlamps to illuminated signs that reveal familiar shapes, Felix Kultau remains a lover of the image, of the sensation it creates and of reminiscence. Memory, both personal and collective, takes precedence over long speeches.
(Laure Saffroy-Lepesqueur)