YUNG CITY SLICK
A.K.A. LEV BOURLIOT
Codes and Chaos unites two distinct yet interconnected artistic approaches: the raw, collective spontaneity of 100H and the structured, conceptual language of Lev Bourliot. Both artists engage with the complexities of contemporary urban art, yet from opposing perspectives—100H through dynamic, gestural abstraction and Bourliot through asemic writing, layered media, and urban semiotics.
At a time when the iconic Pompidou Center is closing its doors for an extended renovation, the Parisian art world finds itself in a moment of reflection. What becomes of radicalism when its institutional homes fall silent? Where does contemporary art reside when the boundaries between galleries, gift shops, and marketplaces dissolve?
This exhibition explores the uneasy intersection where radical expression meets commercial display. 100H, renowned for his participatory approach, channels collective energy into paintings that blend multiple hands and identities into a unified visual rhythm. His works resist individual authorship, embracing the unpredictability of communal creation. In contrast, Bourliot manipulates the codes of advertising, typography, and photography, stripping language of its conventional meaning and reconstructing it as visual poetry. His pieces interact with the aesthetics of mass communication, subverting their intended purpose.
By presenting these two methods in dialogue, Codes and Chaos challenges conventional boundaries—between art and text, between collaboration and solitude, between public intervention and private reflection. It invites viewers to navigate a space where structure and spontaneity collide, where the urban landscape is both deconstructed and reimagined.
This exhibition is not about purity or rebellion for rebellion’s sake. It is about adaptation, infiltration, and the radical act of presence—even (or especially) in spaces where art is expected to behave.