Taroop & Glabel's Subversive Modules at Frac Basse Normandie

Key facts

• Taroop & Glabel exhibited 'L'Instinct des modules' at Frac Basse Normandie, Caen, France.
• Exhibition ran from December 2, 2007, to January 20, 2008.
• The work 'Bûcher pour les livres et pour leurs auteurs' uses covers of books burned by the Church in the 16th century.
• T&G coined the term 'vénalyne' for their adhesive paper cutting technique.
• Six oversized cul-de-lampe images quote T&G's book 'Vous en chierez jusqu'à la fin des temps' (Sémiose éditions).
• T&G describes their work as 'a compromise between Léger and Matisse that also references Damien Hirst.'
• Portraits include a Ken-like figure and a 'racaille' with a vortex insignia.
• 'Le Roi des poux' symbolizes money, police, and drug powers.
• The phrase 'Lourdes + Disneyland = Las Vegas' is attributed to T&G.
• 'Un an de grattage, l'opium du pauvre' displays statistics from Française des jeux Astro.
• The 'Beuglophone électrique' is made from children's toys that moo.
• T&G distinguishes their work from Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux: 'Labelle-Rojoux speaks of art, while T&G speaks of politics.'
• A girl and boy named Eva and Adolphe appear in a work with a firecracker.
• A 1950 lettrist tract calls for the 'Grand meeting des ratés.'
• A beadwork piece reads '2007 au pays de l'égo en droits.'
• Jean-Yves Jouannais describes T&G's approach as 'idiotie.'