Rafael Pérez Evans participates in God & Sausages

“After that’ said Gargantua, ‘I wiped myself with a kerchief, with a pillow, with a slipper, with a game-bag, with a basket – but what an unpleasant arse-wiper that was! – then with a hat. And note that some hats are smooth, some shaggy, some velvety, some of taffeta, and some of satin. The best of all are the shaggy ones, for they make a very good abstersion of the fecal matter. Then I wiped myself with a hen, a cock, and a chicken, with a calf’s skin, a hare, a pigeon, and a cormorant, with a lawyer’s bag, with a penitent’s hood, with a coif, with an otter. But to conclude, I say and maintain that there is no arse-wiper like a well-downed goose, if you hold her neck between your legs. You must take my word for it, you really must. You get a miraculous sensation in your arse-hole, both from the softness of the down and from the temperate heat of the goose herself; and this is easily communicated to the bum-gut and the rest of the intestines, from which it reaches the heart and the brain. Do not imagine that the felicity of the heroes and demigods in the Elysian Fields arises from their asphodel, their ambrosia, or their nectar, as those ancients say. It comes, in my opinion, from their wiping their arses with the neck of a goose, and that is the opinion of Master Duns Scotus too.’
‘The Life of Gargantua & Pantagruel’, Francois Rabelais

Rafael Pérez Evans participates in the grup exhibition God & Sausages with the piece “How many pinkies can you fit?” that will be inaugurated on July 7th. God & Sausages, curated by Maria Georgoula brings together a group of works that try out satirical adaptations, purposeless rituals, close-up observations, bodily encounters and micro-jokes. Stemming from personal perplexities and tracing inner entities, the works feast on a type of corporeal knowledge or excess, that can be found in introspective play and that can be revealingly common.

• Lucy Clout is a London-based artist working primarily in video. She obtained a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College and a MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art. In 2015 she won the Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Award. Recent screenings include Raven Row, Tate Britain, ICA, Whitechapel Gallery (all London), CCA Wattis, San Francisco and Western Front, Vancouver.
• Rafael Pérez Evans is a multidisciplinary artist based in Barcelona & Brazil. He obtained a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College. In 2017 he was nominated for the Miquel Casablancas Project Award. He has completed residencies in Hangar, Barcelona, Red Studios Sao Paulo & Alto Residency in Brazil. Recent shows include Despina, Rio de Janeiro; Yusto Giner Gallery, Marbella; Paratext – Hangar, Barcelona and Gazua Project, Rio de Janeiro.
• Magdalena Drwiega graduated from Wimbledon College of Art with a BA and a MA in Fine Art. Recent solo and group exhibitions include Belmacz Gallery, London; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London; Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham; Kursaal Gallery Space, Southend on Sea; Creekside Open selected by Phyllida Barlow, London and A.P.T Gallery, London. She lives and works in London.
• Paul Housley graduated from Sheffield City Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. Recent solo exhibitions include Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver; Sid Motion Gallery, London; Farbvision, Berlin; Belmacz, London; David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen; Galleria Bianca, Palermo. Recent group exhibitions include Anna Zorina Gallery, New York; Simmons and Simmons, London; Narrative Projects, London; Mercer Chance, London, Wimbledon Space, University of the Arts, London; Rye Creative Centre, Rye; Turf Projects, London; Gastatelier LEO XIII, Tilburg; Attic, Nottingham; Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver; Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham; Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, San Marino; Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York. He lives and works in London.
• Maria Georgoula studied at Goldsmiths College and at the Slade School of Fine Art. Selected exhibitions and events include Circuits & Currents, Athens; The Showroom, London; Rogue Artists’ Studios Project Space, Manchester; Bloc Projects, Sheffield; The Delfina Foundation, London; The Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens; The Institute of Greek Contemporary Art, Athens and Six D.O.G.S, Athens. She is Associate Lecturer at the University of Derby and Artist-in-Residence at Repton School, UK. She lives and works in Derbyshire and Athens.
• Stelios Karamanolis is a graduate of the Athens School of Fine Arts and the Hildesheim University in Germany. Recent shows include Daily Lazy, Athens; The Breeder, Athens; Kunstbüro, Vienna; Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna; State of Concept, Athens; Circuits & Currents, Athens; Lepsien Art Foundation, Dusseldorf; Vogiatzoglou Collection Athens; Kunsthalle Athena, Athens; Remap4, Athens and Nerima Art Museum, Japan. He lives and works in Berlin.
• Kostas Sahpazis studied at the School Fine Arts, Athens and at the Weißensee Kunsthochschule in Berlin. Selected solo exhibitions include Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens; Radio Athènes, Athens and Melas & Papadopoulos, Athens. Group exhibitions include Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens; The Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens; AutoCentre, Berlin; Sadie Coles, London; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki; Greek Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens; ReMap, Athens and Alex Mylona Museum, Athens. He is the 9th Deste Prize recipient. He lives and works in Athens.
• Ian Whitfield studied at Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art. Recent exhibitions include ‘Veneer’ curated by Emily Strange and Louisa Chambers for Wirksworth 2017; Rogue Artists’ Studios Project Space, Manchester; New Court Gallery, Derbyshire; the Drawing Room; Large Glass; Josh Lilley Gallery and Guest Projects (all London). Writing includes pieces for ArtReview, artists’ catalogues, a long poem ‘Our minds are normal’ for the exhibition ‘Gorilla Split’ at New Court Gallery, a collection of stories called ‘It is always as late as it can be’ and a pamphlet of poems called ‘The Architect’.

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GOD & SAUSAGES

Lekka 23-25 & Perikleous Stoa Zerbini Athens

Lucy Clout
Magdalena Drwiega
Rafael Perez Evans
Μαρία Γεωργούλα
Paul Housley
Στέλιος Καραμανώλης
Κώστας Σαχπάζης
Ian Whitfield

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