Plonk & Replonk Éditeurs

déclarés d’inutilité publique depuis 1997

Rue de la Serre 22
2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Suisse
T +41(0)32 914 34 14
M +41(0)79 635 17 56
M +41(0)78 738 36 45
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Le monde selon Plonk & Replonk, Cartoonmuseum Bâle

Du 30 octobre 2014 au 11 janvier 2015

The absurd humour of the artist brothers Plonk & Replonk from La Chaux-de-Fonds is notorious in western Switzerland and in France, where they have turned museums upside down. The artists “cartoon collages” in the style of hand-coloured post cards from the turn of the 20th century make fun of everyone and everything.

Their art objects are three-dimensional caricatures: brass flip-flops, porcelain ping-pong balls, and garden gnomes set in concrete. Plonk & Replonk invented the King of Switzerland and are in the process of patenting Tuesday.

The subtly altered post cards and historical photographs peppered with puns present a whimsical image of Switzerland and make deep scratches in the shiny surface of majestic mountain tops, executive suites, proud military men, well-behaved citizens and outdated clichés.

The Cartoonmuseum Basel pays homage to Plonk & Replonk with the first major retrospective on the German-speaking side of the “Röstigraben”. As a special treat for Basel, the artists have put together a series of works dealing with the particularities of the city on the Rhine.

Le site du musée

 

Cartoonmuseum Bâle

St. Alban–Vorstadt 28
CH–4052 Basel

Heures d’ouverture 
de mardi à dimanche,
de 11 à 17 heures.
Jeudi de 11 à 20 heures