Frédéric Magazine exhibition Berlin

Paris has a reputation for churning out an impressive quantity of small, raw and seemingly spontaneous drawings.

One of the reasons for this boom is that rents are high, while living and working space is scarce. Among the protagonists of this scene is the artists’ collective “Frédéric Magazine”, whose drawings use basic materials such as ball pens, pencils, felt pens and blotched paper. Their works can be produced anytime anywhere, thus reflecting the artists’ daily lives. Together they have decided to relinquish their individual names in favour of a common identity called “Frédéric”.

Since 2004 its founding members (Isabelle Boinot, Frédéric Fleury, Emmanuelle Pidoux, Frédéric Poincelet, Stéphane Prigent alias Kerozen) have been publishing new images daily on their website (http://fredericmagazine.free.fr). In the Bongout gallery space their individual drawings function like fragments of a three-dimensional artwork. The tight hanging reveals the stylistic particularities of each of the artists, but while everyone depicts their own world, the sum of their works forms a whole universe with impressions from daily life.

On the occasion of this exhibition, Bongout will produce a limited edition of silkscreen prints of drawings by “Frédéric Magazine”.

Opening Thursday July 3rd at 7PM - From July 3rd till August 23rd 2008 - Bongout Showroom, Torstraße 110, 10119 Berlin Germany, Opening hours: Tue-Sa, 12 - 07 PM