The Invisible Dog is thrilled to announce Thank You For Ur Service 2Fik’s fourth solo exhibition at The Invisible Dog Art Center.
This multidisciplinary series (visual art, video and installation) stems from a traumatizing experience during a performance in 2021. 2Fik questions his relationship with his characters, 100 of them that he developed since the beginning of his career. After 20 years of practice as the photographer, the model and the creator of all his works, these questions awakened a deep sense of grief.
2Fik’s relationship with his characters has been shattered ever since that infamous day of June, 6th, 2021. How does he get back up from the deep-cutting realization that characters he knew for a very long time are not who he thinks they were? Maybe he took them for granted. Maybe he did not see the red flags. Maybe he was in denial since their inception two decades ago. This new installation churns doubts about loyalty, creativity and vulnerability.
When a relationship changes, we need to decide what we keep from this experience and what we leave behind. Can 2Fik still be who he is after he gave all his blood, tears and sweat to his characters to finally get bamboozled by them? The bond between them is now distorted forever.
2Fik’s needs to redefine that relationship to let it thrive again, but differently...
2Fik is a multidisciplinary artist known for embodying multiple, unique characters. Through his social and political works, 2Fik creates lives for characters who almost seem real, whose stories, personalities, and interests are rooted in our world.
Each of his creations are conceived in a voyeuristic way that pushes the spectator to wonder what exists beyond the scope of the work. Each character in this humorous and interpretative world becomes a reflection of our society.
Québécois by adoption, French by birth, and Moroccan by origin, 2Fik stages his characters much in the manner of a soap opera/reality show, thus creating a dialogue between reality and fiction that provokes a reflection on our society and our place in it.
A pioneer in his field with a twenty-year career, he masters the art of caricature and encourages the reflection on universality, equality between men and women, and the acceptance of oneself as a unique being.
Website :
www.2fikornot2fik.com
Instagram:
@2fikornot2fik
Admission:
Free
On view:
Sunday, February 9 — Sunday, February 23
Gallery Hours:
Thursday – Saturday: 1–7pm
Sunday: 1–5pm
Monday — Wednesday: By appointment only