Mar
4
Exhibitions
Lothar Speer: Documenting Conflict—Courtroom Art Between Politics, Pathology and Truth
Opens Thursday, March 4, 6-8pm
About the Exhibition
A classically trained artist and longstanding instructor at The Studios, Speer presents his original courtroom drawings from the federal trial and sentencing of Ryan Wesley Routh, who was charged with attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, FL.
Commissioned by national television networks and drawn live in court, the works capture unfolding moments that cameras could not. His drawings offer an immediate visual record of gesture, expression and atmosphere, and a rare look at how an artist documents history as it happens.
First Thursday Open House
Thursday, March 4, 6-8pm
About the Artist
Lothar Speer, MFA, is a classically trained artist who studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. After 15 years in the gallery world that saw his works enter museum and university collections here and abroad, his artistic practice pivoted toward live event art that would entertain or document social and legal gatherings. His clients include dozens of Fortune 500 Companies from McDonalds Corporate to Netflix, Motorola, Discover and many more. His courtroom work has been requested by Hollywood to contribute to full length movies and by the country’s 5 national networks that appointed him National Courtroom Artist of South Florida in which role he documents some of nation’s most historic cases. Mr Speer is a member in a very small select group of artists to have drawn an American President in court.
