Catalogue of the second HEY! exhibition defending for in France the International outsider pop art in a museum.

Art Show from january 25, 2013 to august 23, 2013

Curators : Anne & Julien - Carte blanche to the art magazine

Halle St Pierre Museum (Paris)

59 artists and 4 private collections

Our first exhibition (2011) brought together artists who represent their epoch but are incompatible with its trends: artists whose skills have been honed to a fine point by their inner visions, their methods of production and their determination to give form to the energy coursing through them. This second initiative is a continuation of the same breath, of our drive to share works that have previously been frowned upon or simply neglected. It was created with two theorems in mind: the idea that no art comes from nothing and the decision to shine a light on the world’s rich artistic palette... As a bonus, we wanted this exhibition to become an area of temporary artistic autonomy for each visitor; a place where his or her reflection and pleasure are neither guided nor conditioned by an outside party. As for the concepts explored - death, sexuality, addictions and fraudulent beliefs, for example - they are recurring themes in the history of art. Images that might elsewhere be considered crude are sincere in our eyes. The frankness of these pieces serves to awaken our numbed senses to the current definition of the “socially acceptable” in which we are stagnating. HEY! Modern Art & Pop Culture / Part II is both an endless instant and a provisional conclusion to the twelve issues we have already released as magazines... This exhibition will provide what so many tirelessly inquisitive enthusiasts are craving: sensory explorations, head-on reflections, emotional jolts, residues of human poetry trapped between enigmas. This publication is the exact recall of the artworks presented in the exhibition.