Schöne neue Welt
Opening: 12 March 2009, 7 pm
12 March – 18 April 2009
Welcome! Welcome to the Brave New World. Robin Hood? That was yesterday. These days the rich take it from the poor.
Bongout Gallery presents funny, wild and absurd stories on fallen
heroes and anti-heroes on the rise. Laurent Impeduglia’s bizarre oil
paintings feature grotesque stars: Rambo speaking of the miracle of
life, Badman swearing that he is not bad, and Care Bears seem about to
throw themselves off a building.
In Kottie Paloma’s hand-made books, Superman still wears his super
tight, super-sexy dress. But judging from his beard, the beer can in
his hand and the cigarette dangling from his mouth, our hero in panties
has obviously changed.
The animated films by the artists Stéphane Blanquet, Yann Jouette,
Wojtek Skowron and Sabrina Tibourtine also deal with weird guys: a
grumpy hunter gets himself a new skin; a factory worker falls in love
with a headless woman; a world is reduced to machines; a girl sets out
to seek herself.
All the works in this exhibition are about lonely figures, exceptional
encounters and weird situations in life. In other words, about what the
world needs: losers who struggle with daily life like heroes.
+ Film Evening // SUPERCASUALLFRAGILISTIC
Saturday, 21. March, 8 pm
With Kottie Paloma & 667 Shotwell.
