OFLUXO

          The group exhibition Rapide et Furieux is an attempt to critique forms of domination through the worlds of tuning, fantasy and club culture. The narrative that is constructed takes as its starting point the hyperactive and virile energy of the American action film series “Fast and Furious”. In the saga, whose themes revolve mainly around cars and family, the protagonists solve their personal problems and save society from chaos by racing their supercars and pushing themselves to the limit. The ultra-development of the characters’ masculinity sets them up as contemporary deities, protective role models despite their dark – but inseparable from their humanity – anti-hero attributes. These shadowy vigilantes, ultimately commonplace, hide behind their incredible loyalty to their peers a deep desire for freedom:

          The quest for intensity is also palpable in the rise and omnipresence of advertising. Present in every moment of our lives, it is difficult to escape. Cruel. The word chosen by Floryan Varennes, plastered in Gothic script – an echo of the medieval world studied by the artist – comes from the Latin crudus “raw, bloody, bleeding” and is used to describe a person, an animal or a concept that inflicts torment, suffering or death. However, the iridescence of the paper counterbalances this belligerent relationship and refers to the more enchanting universe of the 90s, to the queer and fantasy spheres. Nils Bertho’s painting, with its seductive rainbow colours, is a declaration of love to pop culture, its video games, its cartoons, its horrific tales, its marketing. In its cluster of hybrid characters clash and engage in strange rituals, all with humour: a war in a mall.