OLA VASILJEVACoeurtregetour

May 19th – June 30th, 2016

Antoine Levi gallery is pleased to present the solo exhibition Coeurtregetour by Ola Vasiljeva, opening on May19th, 2016. The exhibition features a new series of drawings. They resemble detective sketches but the basis is notentirely decipherable - something very multi-limbed and very intoxicated is on trial here, in a room composed ofcompromised, unreliable, and deceptive judgement.Coeurtregetour - a word made up by the artist, bubbling from the old-fashioned “tregetour” (magician, trickster) -follows a playful stream of associations.

In Ola Vasiljeva's drawings, the characters inhabit a universe defined by its own ethos, absurd paraphernalia,erotic chemistry, mischief and nonsense.

La galerie Antoine Levi est heureuse de présenter Coeurtregetour, la deuxième exposition personnelle de OlaVasiljeva, qui inaugure le 19 mai 2016. L'exposition propose une nouvelle série de dessins s'apparentant à descroquis de détectives, dont les sources d'inspiration restent cependant en partie indéchiffrables – quelque choseayant fortement attrait au polymorphisme et à l'ivresse prend ici place, dans un espace accommodé à partir d'uneperception compromise, imprévisible et trompeuse.

Coeurtregetour – une formule créée par l'artiste empruntant au terme démodé “tregetour” (magicien, farceur) –suit un courant d'associations ludiques.

Dans les dessins de Vasiljeva, les personnages peuplent un univers dé fini par son propre esprit, son attirailabsurde, sa chimie érotique, sa malice et ses inepties.

Ola Vasiljeva (Latvia, 1981). Recent solo exhibitions include You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know, KunstvereinMünchen, Munich, 2016; En Rachâchant, Vleeshal, Middleburg, 2015; The Limp of A Letter, BOZAR, Brussels,2015.Her work has also been included in the group shows: XII Baltic Triennial of International Art, CAC, Vilnius,2015; University, as OAOA, Vleeshal, Middleburg, 2015; Growing Wildly, Den Frie, Copenhagen, 2016; LastSeen Entering the Biltmore, South London Gallery, London, 2014.Ola Vasiljeva lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands. Coeurtregetour is her second solo exhibition atAntoine Levi gallery.

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