luciano castelli is a swiss painter, graphic artist, photographer, sculptor and musician. he was born on september 28, 1951 in lucerne, switzerland. castelli attended the preliminary course at the school of applied arts and became in the early 1970s the key figure in lucerne's bohemia. he became a star of the art world and 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. in 1974, ammann showed in his seminal exhibition 'transformer - aspects of travesty' androgynous photos of castelli. castelli’s androgynous self-styling was a subject of interest in the art world and he was also recognized as a sculptor and punk singer.
