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Strychnin Gallery Berlin presents:
Bijou – The Universal Order of the Kaleidoscopic Society of Skulls
Highly detailed kaleidoscopic landscapes in all colors of the rainbow. Skeletons meeting for a Danse Macabre. Vibrators set up like nuclear warheads between cauliflower florets and children’s toys: this is the multi-colored plastic world of French artist Bijou.
Ladies and Gentlemen, dear friends of the gallery!
French artist Michael Frojman aka Bijou sees himself less as a photographer than as an editor or designer. He samples the internet, samples the pictures he takes of amateur models in his studio, quotes thousands of image snippets to make both the landscapes of his dreams and of his nightmares, presenting them to the viewer in lightboxes. In-between quotations from the internet, the artist’s friends pose in ill-fitting gymnastics suits – tragic superheroes in an oversaturated world that is doomed yet still makes us laugh.
Playfully called the “Hieronymus Bosch of Kitsch” by his fans, his works can be found in such renowned collections as the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. Bijou will also exhibit at the «Arts Le Havre», the biennial of contemporary art in France between June 7th and June 30th.
Strychnin Gallery Berlin would like to cordially invite you to join us in the darkened gallery rooms on April 11th between 7 and 11 pm, where we will present his latest works. Bijou will be in Berlin for the occasion.
We look forward to seeing you,
Strychnin Gallery.
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Posted by GinoMacabre on 2008-04-07 19:51:29 | Rating: | Views: 76
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