Ray Caesar, Sas Christian, Erwin Olaf : Nostalgia

With : Ray Caesar, Sas Christian, Erwin Olaf
Following the success of last year's exhibition on Pop Surrealism, the Gallery Magda Danysz is showing the works of two artists from this movement, Ray Caesar and Sas Christian, as well as those of photographer and videoist Erwin Olaf. Just like other work of art from the Pop Surrealism movement, "Nostalgia" confronts the spectator with a view of the world from a curious, slightly 'wacky' perspective and with a fresh sense of humour.

exhibition organised with the help of flatland gallery and jonathan Levine

"Everything stands still even before the music has begun to play" wrote Jonathan Turner about the work of Erwin Olaf. The strange discrepancies in the compositions of Ray Caesar give a similar impression, derived from a vagueness from the heart. Even more confusing are the bizzare faces of Christian which will not cease to haunt even the hardiest of spectators. Painted in oil, created digitally or photographed, these scenes exploit the duality of our world.

Where Ray Caesar, Sas Christian and Erwin Olaf wanted initially to depict a world full of depravity, the false simplicity of the images has instead rendered their work extremely nostalgic. An intense look, a scene passed, a surrealist situation: all of it leads us further into their mystic and bizarre world; one which penetrates the boundaries between reality and dreams.

Ray Caesar

Sas Christian