Seb Patane

Beschrijving

Tent. 400 Sonnets in Reverse, Together, Mulhouse, La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, 17-06-2011, 28-08-2011. - The first monograph about the Italian-British artist Seb Patane (1970) offers solid insight into an oeuvre that has since the mid-1990's consistently ventured a fresh perspective on a great variety of possible constructions of identity. Stepping into Seb Patane's world, we are drawn into a play of references, symbols, and signs that elicit different responses depending on the individual beholder's personal context. Found images and objects, graphical interventions, sounds, and performances, including Kraftwerk's electronic-industrial music, the psycho-magical ideas and tarot cards of Alejandro Jodorowsky, the media representation of Christiane F., and historic depictions of the great wars, blend in a sort of alchemy in which previously inconceivable interrelations suddenly make sense, opening up new possibilities of thought