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SURREAL IRREVERENCE
HELL'O | OKUDA | ZEBU

15.09.2018 - 03.11.2018

MAGMA gallery is glad to present the exhibition “Surreal Irreverence”, with Okuda (Spain), Hell’O (Belgium), Zebu (Germany).
For the first time the works of these important names of international urban art are exhibited in Italy.

MAGMA gallery is pleased to present to the public the works by these great artists, already part of public collections and museums’ exhibitions, such as Hell’O at BAM - Musée des Beaux-Arts of Mons and, in the case of Okuda, the Centre del Carme of Valencia, which this year featured a very attended and monumental retrospective.
Although they’re clearly defined by different origins and careers, these artists share a natural impulse to surreal compositions, geometrical and organic at the same time.
Okuda’s vibrant use of colors goes with Hell’O sense of mystery and discipline and with Zebu’s compositions, balanced between elegance and fun.
Okuda artworks can be seen in streets and galleries all over the world: U.S.A., Japan, India, Mali, Mozambique, Chile, Brazil, Peru, South Africa, Mexico and Europe.
In 2016, ARCO art fair in Madrid commissioned to him a public art project, while in 2015, amongst other events, he realized « Heads Juice » for Milano’s Expo.
In 2014, he’s one of the artists featured in the exhibition organized by Benetton Foundation at CAC of Malaga.

The surreal and colorful world described by Hell’O (Jerôme Meynen and Antoine Detaille), is characterised by a rigorous execution, populated by weird figures and mysterious symbols. A universe sometimes grotesque but always poetic, where philosophical issues get together with non-sens questions, leaving to the public the freedom to follow and explore a favourite path. A joyful and macabre carnival, quiet and loud at the same time, from which arises their great composition and chromatic control. Very important, among other exhibitions, not only the recent solo-show at BAM of Mons in 2018, but also the exhibitions at Musée d'Ixelles and at Palais des Beaux-Arts Bozar, both in Bruxelles.

The works of German duo Zebu take a cue by nature and everyday life, trying to reach the essence of what they want to represent, getting figures rid of details and bringing out the structure and the compositional rhythm, arriving to a strong vitality and expressive energy.
The two artists, grown up in Berlin, created Zebu in 2015: their origins sink in the graffiti and street art world, that brought them together in 2007.
In additions to wallpaintings, realised throughout important public commissions, their work focuses on canvas and illustration area. Among other, it should be noted important exhibitions in galleries of New York, Santiago of Chile, Tokyo and Berlin.

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MAGMA gallery è lieta di presentare la mostra “Surreal Irreverence”, dal 15 settembre al 3 novembre, con opere di Okuda (Spagna), Hell’O (Belgio), Zebu (Germania).
Per la prima volta le opere di questi grandi nomi dell’arte urbana internazionale saranno esposte in Italia.
MAGMA gallery ha infatti il piacere di presentare al pubblico i lavori più recenti di questi importanti artisti, già presenti in collezioni pubbliche e mostre museali, come gli Hell’O al BAM - Musée des Beaux-Arts di Mons e, nel caso di Okuda, al Centre del Carme di Valencia, che quest’anno gli ha dedicato una colossale e visitatissima retrospettiva.
Anche se caratterizzati in maniera evidente da differenti provenienze e percorsi, questi artisti condividono una naturale spinta comune verso surreali composizioni geometriche ed organiche.
Alla esplosione cromatica e vitale di Okuda si affianca il rigore e il mistero degli Hell’O, cui si aggiunge l’elegante e divertito equilibrio compositivo degli Zebu.

Le opere di Okuda possono essere viste in strade e gallerie di tutto il mondo: Stati Uniti, Giappone, India, Mali, Mozambico, Cile, Brasile, Perù, Sud Africa, Messico e il continente europeo, tra gli altri. La fiera ARCO Madrid nel 2016 gli commissiona un progetto di arte pubblica, mentre nel 2015, tra gli altri eventi, realizza Heads Juice per Expo Milano. Nel 2014 è tra i protagonisti della mostra realizzata dalla Fondazione Benetton al CAC di Malaga.
Nel suo lavoro, architetture geometriche multicolori si fondono con forme organiche, corpi senza identità, animali senza testa, simboli che incoraggiano la riflessione, fra serio e faceto: un linguaggio iconografico unico. Il pop-surrealismo che lo contraddistingue affonda le radici nei suoi viaggi, nel cinema, nella musica (numerose le collaborazioni con nomi importanti del rap e soul come Alicia Keys e Kanye West), nella moda e nella vita quotidiana.

Il mondo descritto dagli Hell’O (Jerôme Meynen e Antoine Detaille) è surreale e colorato, caratterizzato da una rigorosa esecuzione, popolato da figure bizzarre e da misteriosi simboli. Un mondo a volte grottesco ma sempre poetico, in cui si alternano e si ritrovano quesiti filosofici e non-sense, lasciando al pubblico la libertà di seguire ed esplorare il percorso preferito. Un carnevale gioioso e macabro, silenzioso e chiassoso al tempo stesso, da cui emerge il loro grande controllo compositivo e cromatico. Importanti, tra le altre mostre, non solo la recente personale al BAM di Mons di quest’anno, ma anche le mostre al Musée d'Ixelles e al Palais des Beaux-Arts Bozar, entrambi a Bruxelles.

I lavori del duo tedesco Zebu prendono spunto dalla natura, dalla vita quotidiana, cercando di arrivare all’essenza di ciò che vogliono rappresentare, spogliando le figure dei dettagli e facendone emergere la struttura ed il ritmo compositivo, raggiungendo così una forte vitalità ed energia espressiva. I due artisti, cresciuti a Berlino, hanno creato Zebu nel 2015: le loro radici affondano nel mondo dei graffiti e dell’arte urbana, grazie a cui si sono incontrati nel 2007. Oltre alle opere su parete, realizzate tramite importanti commissioni pubbliche, il loro lavoro si concentra sulle tele e sull’ambito dell’illustrazione. Fra le altre, si ricordano le mostre in importanti gallerie di New York, Santiago del Cile, Tokyo e Berlino.

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