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Songs for Gay Dogs - Cosima von Bonin

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Songs for Gay Dogs Curator: Clémentine Proby Associate Curator: Clément Minighetti Populated with animals and cartoon characters, Songs for Gay Dogs is a monographic exhibition highlighting the recent work of Cosima von Bonin (1962, Mombasa). It mainly presents works created over the past ten years, several of which were produced specifically for the exhibition, along with some older works. The exhibition unfolds as a series of scenes bringing together familiar characters from the world of animation, comics, or the underwater realm. Iconic figures like Daffy Duck and Bambi appear alongside fish, whales, scallops, rabbits, sharks, and other pigs. With her sharp and humorous look at our society, Cosima von Bonin holds a unique place in the contemporary art world. Her textile, sculptural, and multimedia installations subvert pop culture icons and luxury industry emblems by staging plush animals and everyday objects revealing the absurdity of power relations and mass consumption. Emerging from the dynamic 1990s Cologne art scene, the artist developed an irreverent spirit and maintained long-lasting collaborations with other artists. Her interest in experimental electronic music is also rooted in this period, as reflected in the exhibition's sound compositions by Moritz von Oswald (1962, Hamburg). In her work, the artist appropriates words, patterns, and ideas from a multitude of sources. These references range from TV shows to cartoons, fashion, art history, and pop music. Cosima von Bonin delights in thwarting our expectations. Colorful and captivating, her recent works make lavish use of the symbols of entertainment and marketing codes that govern our daily lives, urging us to ponder the ideologies underpinning them. By comparing museum galleries to supermarket aisles, she fills them with artworks that seem to animate and gain some autonomy. Often, her anthropomorphic characters are caught in the act of activity or, conversely, in the throes of idleness. She invites us to meditate on existential questions, without readily providing the answers. These scenes pace the exhibition. By evoking our own interactions, rituals, games, and symbols, they form clever metaphors for life in society.

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