Danysz Gallery, Paris, 2020

This body of work marks a continuation of our evolving series and the visual language we have been shaping over the past few years. During this period, we consciously began selecting specific materials to speak to specific issues: fencing became a medium through which to address border control and the ongoing refugee crisis, while old, rusted shovels – recast into the silhouettes of working-class figures allowed us to reflect on labor, dignity, and the weight of social inequality. As we experimented with these objects and the histories they carry, we also started developing our own tools for making marks. From this process emerged the cut-out steel tool – a device that enables us to paint through movement, letting gesture, motion, and material interplay in ways that feel both controlled and unpredictable.

In this exhibition, sculptures, installations, and paintings coexist as facets of the same inquiry. Together, they navigate themes of economic inequality, ecological justice, borders, displacement, and the layered complexities of contemporary society. The works do not seek to offer solutions; rather, they invite viewers to pause within the turbulence, to witness how these forces shape the world we inhabit, and to consider the fragile yet persistent connections between people, place, and possibility.