Don't feed the cat

The exhibition "Don't feed the cat" by Yoan Mudry at Frank Elbaz, Paris, explores themes of collapse and the visual culture of the Anthropocene. The works, created through appropriation of online images and texts, are then transposed into paintings. Mudry's process involves digital collage and meticulous painting, drawing parallels to the Pictures Generation and questioning the role of painting in a digital age. The exhibition features imagery such as indoor palm trees, oil rigs, and endangered species, reflecting on the duration of events from the very long to the very rapid.

Mudry's methodology, rooted in pop art, involves mixing anonymous visual languages to create accessible layers and engage viewers in exploring the contemporary technological landscape. He examines the visual mechanisms of advertising and marketing, as well as algorithmic manipulation in digital capitalism. The artist's sustained attention to images, as opposed to automated production, positions his practice as a form of craftsmanship, offering a deliberate counterpoint to the rapid dissemination of visual content.