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7/9/2006

North/South

Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris

Kosta Kulundzic, Laurina Paperina, Erika Somogyi, Cheri Samba

The exhibition North/ South challenges the stereotypical views of the Contemporary art world which tend to define an artist's work in accordance with their country of origin (either the country they were born, or that which they live in), their age (which is? leading on to the definition 'the old man') and so on. Mocking this custom, this exhibition is heavily weighted on the works of the artists themselves and their individual thoughts.

The works, some of which are directly evolved around the artists or their experiences are self explanatory, and the emotions reflecting off them and their ironies come together to create a lucid vision of the modern world.

The world seen by the artists, whether they have come from the North or the South, oscillate between representations of violence, strength and naivety, and combined they pose the question 'is anyone capable of saving the world?'

The overall impression is a self-consuming, self-destructive world filled with bad consciences and ill ease. Kulundzic throws us into a harsh reality. Samba's work shines with clarity to which Erika Somogyi responds with soft naivety and Laurine Paperina throws in bizarre Superheroes.

Kosta Kulundzic : Born in 1972 he lives and works in Paris.
Kosta paints scenes from the Bible but in a contemporary setting, showing how in our society nothing changes as time goes by, maybe it even gets worst.

Laurina Paperina : Born in Rovereto (Tn), Italy, she lives and works between Italy and Duck-Land. Laurina Paperina's European superheroes are hysterically funny, for they are representations of important national leaders. She admits to 'using art for amusement,' but her art has a more serious side in that it projects the diversity and contradictions that we live in. She mixes the 'codes' found within the medias television and comic art to give a representation of a total chaos. For Laurina Paperina the above is not her final goal, for through this play and amusement she projects a satirical view of the world ; like the indispensable elements of a puzzle that appear on the whole, incomprehensible.

Erika Somogyi : Born in 1974 in the USA, Erika Somugyi lives and works in New York.
With her disillusioned, falsely naive views she negotiates the Utopias of our universe. Her world collapses underneath an incredible rainfall of colourful tears that are clearly not the outcome of a difficult evening according to the words of Village voice on the subject of her work.

Cheri Samba is African, born in 1956 in a Congan village where he still lives and works.
He has since childhood sketched on the sand and onto books. At 16 he finished his education and left for Kinshasa, the capital city, and changed his name to Che'ri Samba. He is, more so then anything, a free spirit. Several years ago, he has shown at the Fondation Cartier and as Herve' Chande's underlined, his painting 'releases itself from the traps of identity and of alternity and clearly projects these opinions.'

Galerie Magda Danysz
19 rue emile Durkheim - Paris

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