A playful field of exploration and an endless story. Riding the dragon Falkor, the two painters go to the confines of Babolyne, an imaginary city brought to life by them. The complete exhibition appears as if it was created from one creative entity only. The multilayered process creates cascading interactions that only stop when both artists are satisfied. Together Myers and Colombier have built a vessel for the harmonious merging of two styles to generate a third and united creative (id-) entity.
Babolyne, unlike Babylon, is the island of Zion, the fantasy world where the two friends’ fantasies flourish. The earth is being destroyed because humans have begun to lose hope and have forgotten their dreams. Babolyne, by definition, has no limits and is an escape route, a promised land where everyone will find their place to escape the approaching nothingness
The collaboration between Ludovilk Myers and Julien Colombier is based on the principle of freedom of experimentation. Once they start their creative process, the two painters become jazzmen and deliver a musical improvisation in several chapters, a Starmania revisited with a Rasta twist. Each intervention of one on the other is a surprise.
„How do you start, but more importantly, at what point do you stop?“
Ludovilk Myers & Julien Colombier, 2022.
Classical / urban / contemporary / illustrative / abstract: these are just a few genres which enrich the painters strong eclectic heritage, but their artworks truly break the preexisting opinions and prejudice. Their paintings speak in moods and atmospheres. This unfolds in different dimensions; inwards as well as outwards. Physically Babylone is fragmented into parcels of earthy rocks floating in space above the threatening chaos. Atmospherically the imagery triggers a palpable impulse: prankish, vicious, violent, gentle, virulent, relaxed, open, creative. Captivated by colour and texture, one enters into the ecstasy of constant interaction with the object – the painting. The works of art, therefore, excite and stimulate the body and mind.
Disturbing and fascinating at the same time, the works call for questioning:
– How do you start, but more importantly, at what point do you stop?
– To what extent have all the layers that have disappeared influenced the visible part of the final result?
– Do we all see the same colours and associations, and do they evoke the same things in everyone?
– But most importantly, will Babylone fall?
The keys for saving the future are offered in Julien Colombier and Ludovilk Myers’ paintings, through a subtle interplay of „mise en abîme“. You just need to observe the oeuvre of Straight Outta Babolyne close enough.
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