Luciano Castelli (born 28 September 1951 in Lucerne) is a Swiss painter, graphic artist, photographer, sculptor and musician.
[2] Castelli and his residential community[3] became part of art history through snapshots that artist Franz Gertsch transformed into monumental photorealistic paintings.
[8] Much he owed to Jean-Christophe Ammann, the former assistant of Szeemann and director of the Museum of Art Lucerne, who had brought him into contact with Gertsch and invited him at the Documenta.
[10] Castelli’s androgynous self-styling was influenced by the aesthetics of Glam Rock, but then he began to fathom other roles like the young conservative, the movie star or the sadomasochist.
[12] Together with Salomé he founded the avant-garde punk band Geile Tiere (Horny Animals), where he sang and played bass.