In his virile drawings Alexandre Gomes Vilas Boas deals convincingly crtitcal with the catholic orthodox church. We see biblical scenes drawn with an astonishing expressive stroke wich are converted into new meanings. For example as in the black and white drawing Luoco da Matriz II, where one could get the impression of Jesus Christ riding on a donkey into Jerusalem. The title „The madman of Matriz“ refers clearly to the bigges and most important catholic church in Uruguay, in which the founder of the state Artigas was baptised. A further drawing is named „souls to let“ and we see a man in whos body we see multipal souls. In another drawing we see a fat man disgorging a fish. This scene instantly reminds one of the first followers of jesus the apostles who were fishermen from the lake Genezareth and who he turned into fishers of men. There is yet another relation. The drawing also relates to the story of Jona from the old testament. Three days and nights the disobedient prophete had to spend in the whales belly until he was cast back ashore. The fish is also an allegory for Jesus himself (in ancient Greek: ichthys equals fish and also Theos / god, Uios / son, Soter / redeemer) and refers to not only the last supper but also to Jesus who fed the five thousand with bred and fish. Zynically Vilas Boas titles this drawing with Experts and places it clearly into a actual political context.

Every single of these at first glance simple and harmless drawings open a much deeper meaning woven knowledgeably by Vilas Boas to take a critical view on our cultural history, our belief as well as the present reality.

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In his series „work in progress“ Cameron James makes fun of the typical mens world. He has managed to place every possible preconception and cruel platutitude in the "scene". The title of the series alone is symptomaic for this matter. Spanning from looking into the mirror, watching porn, cleaning, the secrets of a microwave, handcrafting, altercation,to watching soccer or the late-night dialogue with the whisky bottle.

Inspired by the commonplace reality tv Cameron Jinks moves in the tradition of the tableau, starring personally as a model constantly changing his look over the years and piecing the photographs together to scenes.

Which first seems as a documentary of stereotypes turns out to be as a critical view on our voyeuristic, remote controlled society. In his pictures Cameron Jinks rather looks at our social behaviour and personal identity than the displayed stereotypes of mens friendships. “Reality TV”, widely accepted and highly suggestive, seemingly promotes the impression that one can change one's life simply by copying a trendy personality type, which inevitably leads to the creation of a superfluous identity, and thus to the loss of individuality

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