28 Oct 2015

Dennis Tyfus at KUNSTHALLE São Paulo

Dennis Tyfus

«Do you want to go on a date with me? ... No? ... Let's just be friends, then?»

Opening:
 Thursday 29 October 2015, 7pm

Exhibition until 28 November 2015

The practice of Belgian artist Dennis Tyfus (*1979, Antwerp) traverses drawing, painting, radio shows, installations and performance, much of which is produced under the banner of Ultra Eczema, his long-running record label and publishing arm.

Daily experience and humour are central to Tyfus' work. Several weeks prior to arriving in São Paulo, he was interviewed and photographed by a Belgian magazine. Tyfus then proposed to produce a collage out of the photos, rather than the magazine using the original portraits. The resultant artwork led to the title for the exhibition at KUNSTHALLE São Paulo— «Do you want to go on a date with me? ... No? ... Let's just be friends, Then?»— and to a fictional dialogue between two imaginary protagonists.

The title forms the basis for a number of works in the exhibition, Tyfus' first solo show in Brazil: a publication (Ultra Eczema 203), sculptures, oil paintings and a specially-recorded soundtrack, all of which play out scenarios originating from the aforementioned dialogue.

Curated by Marina Coelho

Special thanks to musician Kris Delacourd

With the support of the Flemish authorities

                  
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About the artist

Dennis Tyfus (*1979, Antwerp, Belgium) lives and works in Antwerp. Among the exhibitions in which he presented his works are:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

'He means well', rarely means something good, Beursschouwburg (2014), Brussels; The last great power napper, a loser's afterparty, The Zone (2014), Easthampton MA, USA; Ultra Lion, Kunstschlager (2013), Reykjavik, Iceland; Relax Most of Your Muscles, Be-Part (2010), Waregem, Belgium.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Toons like us, Well Well Well Artspace (2014), Vienna; AIR Traces: Austruweel, AIR Antwerpen (2014), Antwerpen; Draftsmen's Fest #3, I'M HOT!, Dennis Tyfus vs Canedicoda, Istituto Svizzero (2013), Milan; Art's Birthday, MuHKA (2012), Antwerpen; Pen tot Paper, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2009), Berlin.