Trop Belle Pour Toi
Tommy Lecot, Ubay Martin, Francois Patoue, Maxime Souvent
February 21-April 30, 2020
Opening February 21
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Installation view of Trop Belle Pour Toi. Tommy Lecot, Ubay Martin, Francois Patoue, Maxime Souvent
Installation view of Trop Belle Pour Toi. Tommy Lecot, Ubay Martin, Francois Patoue, Maxime Souvent
Press Release
TROP BELLE POUR TOI
THROUGH THE WINDOW I CAN’T SEE NOTHIN’
AFTER ALL THAT PAYNE’S GREY
MY EYES TURNED EMERALD GREEN
LIKE A BIRD IN CAGE NO FLYIN’
DANCING AS THUGS AT A CONCERT
ON MY GUCCI CARPET IM NOT LYING
WHILE DREAMING OF A SHOW LIKE OPRAH
ALL THOSE PERIPETIES TOLD ME THAT THIS LIFE
IS TROP BELLE POUR TOI
Francois Patoue. Seasons changing it’s always nice to me. Oil and wax on linen. 59 x 78 inches. 2020
Ubay Martin. Psychopomp. Huawei tablet, Shutterstock video (loop), birdcage. 2020
Maxime Souvent. JUL-BERCY 13/11/2019 (Shoulder Star). UV print on aluminum. 18 x 24 inches. 2020
Tommy Lecot. Don’t step beyond. Ink on velvet carpet. 61 x 88 inches. 2020.
Tommy Lecot (b. 1992, Paris) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. For his first exhibition in New-York, he has reproduced the Gucci pattern on a velvet carpet, covering the gallery’s floor. Utilizing the Gucci brand as a symbol of success and luxury, but as an ersatz replication, he questions the artist’s hand and cultural decadence and its access within our contemporary society.
Tommy Lecot’s work deals with popular culture and recognizable design. He combines his painting practice with appropriation to explore the field between decorative, utility and plastic art. His work has been exhibited in Belgium and abroad.
François Patoue (b. 1992, Paris) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. His work strikes a balance between two elements : The technical, through the deep investigation into the chemical properties of color along with composition; and a romantic approach to painting, a discussion of love between the artist and the pictorial space represented by the action and reaction of each part- the work only considered to be completed when the painting itself arrives at an epiphany. Before or after each work is finished a poem is created- which is then a key to producing the work’s title.
François Patoue has been a part of several group and solo shows in Europe.
Maxime Souvent (b. 1993, Paris) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Souvent’s work is a reflection on the body’s imprint in public spaces and vice versa. He interrogates our relationship to the sacralization of art within western societies and our daily activities. Souvent works in an anthropological way by revealing traces and events that reflect our contemporaneity. These elements, that are often neglected and denied, take form as language; enabling the ones that seek a voice to speak.
Ubay Martín (b. 1979, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Martin has been involved with several medias and languages, developing new questions around individuality, reality, and perception, while confronting technology and raw materials to generate this dialogue.