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Paradis Perdu by Magnus Gjoen / Galerie Elisabeth & Reinhard Hauff

At the solo exhibition The Grand Tour by Magnus Gjoen, hosted at Galerie Elisabeth & Reinhard Hauff, a site-specific installation of Paradis Perdu – Senape Edition by MaVoix takes shape.

With the solo exhibition The Grand Tour, hosted by Galerie Elisabeth & Reinhard Hauff in Stuttgart—one of the most recognized institutions in the European contemporary art landscape—Magnus Gjoen presents a body of work that investigates the dynamics of power, fragility, and iconographic reinterpretation.

An Anglo-Norwegian artist born in London, Gjoen comes from a background in fashion and design (having worked with Vivienne Westwood) and has developed a highly distinctive visual language: a constant tension between beauty and dissonance, classical references and digital aesthetics, collective memory and pop culture. His images—often seductive yet unsettling—speak through contrast.

Within the Stuttgart exhibition coexist:

  • digitally manipulated portraits
  • allegories rendered unsettling through new layers
  • historical scenes intersected by contemporary symbols
  • sculptures reinterpreted through a hybrid visual language

Within this context, the Paradis Perdu – Senape Edition wallpaper by MaVoix becomes an integral part of the curatorial narrative.