SOLD OUT. This edition was super popular and is now completely sold out. Be the first to hear about new artworks and get early access — sign up now and follow the artist.
Cut-Out Wall sculpture
acrylic glass, depth 2 mm glossy
Radiant, painterly cut-out camouflages showcase iconic comic and movie heroes - inspired by adventures, heroic sagas and pop art.
Each character embodies a powerful statement of pop culture and captivates with a dynamic, heroic presence.
Cut-Out Wall sculpture
acrylic glass, depth 2 mm glossy
Radiant, painterly cut-out camouflages showcase iconic comic and movie heroes - inspired by adventures, heroic sagas and pop art.
Each character embodies a powerful statement of pop culture and captivates with a dynamic, heroic presence.
Albrecht Behmel is a master of the in-between—a boundary-crosser navigating disciplines, visual languages, and eras. As a painter, historian, and writer, he fuses perspectives without blending them. What drives him isn’t opposition,…
Albrecht Behmel moves between art, history, and pop culture. His “Abstrahism” fuses vivid color blocks with sharply defined silhouettes – inspired by Mondrian, Arcimboldo, and Warhol. His subjects are icons: faceless, abstracted, yet charged with presence. At LUMAS, Behmel’s works appear in a striking cut-out format: the canvas becomes object, the wall a stage. Art steps beyond its frame – literally and conceptually.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Albrecht Behmel is a master of the in-between—a boundary-crosser navigating disciplines, visual languages, and eras. As a painter, historian, and writer, he fuses perspectives without blending them. What drives him isn’t opposition, but intersection. He calls his artistic philosophy “Abstrahism”—a deliberate stance between fiction and reality, symbolism and suggestion, figuration and abstraction.
Working on large-format canvases, Behmel employs bold, vibrant color to powerful effect. His visual language recalls the stained-glass windows of cathedrals—illuminated, structured, and mosaic-like. His work hints at the influences of Piet Mondrian, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, and Andy Warhol’s camouflage techniques—yet remains unmistakably original. He draws from art historical touchpoints to reinterpret and reimagine the spirit of modernity in refreshingly unexpected ways.
At the core of his compositions are icons of pop culture—heroes with hidden depths, balancing between brilliance and fragility, courage and chaos. These figures do not possess divine powers; their abilities are born of science, determination, or accident. The battles they wage are layered—not just against external forces of evil, but against the shadows within themselves. Rather than simply depict these characters, Behmel transforms them. Their faces vanish, their silhouettes endure, and their colors defy the uniformity of traditional portrayals.
Color itself becomes a central narrative device in his work: bold, graphic, and intentionally unsettled—yet always composed with precision. Each tone is a conscious declaration. By disrupting the sleek homogeneity of conventional hero imagery, Behmel offers a new way of seeing: a visual metaphor for individuality through diversity. Every figure is richly complex—each one uniquely different, yet united in their multitudes.
Behmel’s work has been exhibited around the world, from Paris and Manhattan to Berlin, Cannes, Miami, Manila, and Hollywood. His art is celebrated for the bridges it builds—both in design and storytelling—across cultures, mediums, and imagined worlds.
LUMAS presents his highly sought-after pieces in an extraordinary format. As cut-outs, his artworks come alive—at once striking and seamlessly integrated into their environment. The piece becomes an object, the wall a stage, the space a portal to another universe.
Exhibitions
2020
urban Art collection Jena (OTZ, 14th March 2020); Art gallery Altensteig
2021
Creative Hug, Freudenstadt
2022
Exhibition, Preview, ML Konzept, Freudenstadt; United in Peace, Böblingen
2023
Art4Ukraine, St. Wendel, Pocketrocket; Art4Ukraine Düsseldorf, Wacom; Art4Ukraine, Frankfurt/Main – Dora Ostrovsky Gallery
About Albrecht BehmelAlbrecht Behmel is a master of the in-between—a boundary-crosser navigating disciplines, visual languages, and eras. As a painter, historian, and writer, he fuses perspectives without blending them. What drives him isn’t opposition,…