Sardine & Tobleroni

Sardine & Tobleroni London based art duo Sardine and Tobleroni work together in mixed media on canvas, dividing the surface into two halves of which the right hand side is painted by Sardine and the left hand side by Tobleroni. The duo describe their practice as Conceptual Art Brut, the equivalent to what Punk is in music. Sardine & Tobleroni are represented by WW Gallery and were part of Travelling Light at the Venice Biennale 2009. Their next major solo show We Love 77 is opening in London in early 2010 in a pop-up venue...
We Love 77 is an exhibition featuring 77 paintings of the most iconic Punk and Rock bands such as The Clash, X-ray Spex, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Buzzocks, MC5, The Stooges, Patti Smith, New York Dolls and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Sardine and Tobleroni's interest is primarily in the political aspect of Punk rock, for them it was an inspirational, anti-establishment movement, the driving force behind the creative process through which social, technological, scientific and artistic change can happen. WeLove77 honours the music Avant-gardists who laid the foundation of new thinking and the need for change when social progress had reached stagnation and was headed towards self-destruction. The title of the exhibition is associated with 1977 - for many the definitive year of Punk - but also features influential bands from before and after this date.
CV Sardine & Tobleroni have been working together since 2006. Sardine (Victor Silveira) Born Portugal 1972, lives and works in London - also involved in the music industry and has toured internationally with his bands 77, Tedio Boys, the Parkinsons and Blood Safari. The Tedio Boys became a cult punk band in 80s Portugal. Tobleroni (Jay Rechsteiner) Born Switzerland 1971, lives and works in London Studied in Japan and Basel in Switzerland and exhibited internationally as Jay Rechsteiner until 2006. Exhibitions 2009 Noise of Art - group show at East End Arts Club Summer Exhibitionists - Group show at WW Gallery Espelho Meu - Solo Show - organized by Paulo Lima, Elis Marcal and Andre, Academico Gil Vicente, Coimbra, Portugal Travelling Light at the Venice Biennale - WW Gallery/Pharos Gallery, Venice, Italy Travelling Light in London - WW Gallery/Pharos Gallery, London, UK 'The Daily Artist' & 'The Process of Art' was shown at Travelling Light. 'The Daily Artist' is a transformed version of the gossip newspaper the Daily Sport. Sardine & Tobleroni have re-edited the newspaper into a kind of portfolio featuring themselves and their work. As with most of their work, humour and sarcasm serves as a warm blanket for their socio-critical work. 'The Process of Art' is an installation consisting of video footage of Sardine & Tobleroni at work together, along with a sketch collection. It invites the viewer behind the scenes of their artistic creation. PG - Group Show organized by WW Gallery, London, UK 2008 Shoreditch Shuffle - Eureka : Group show curated by Infinity Bunce, Cordy House, London, UK Espelho Meu: Solo Show organized by Paulo Lima and Elis Marcal, Santigo Alquimista, Lisbon, Portugal Espelho Meu: Solo Show organized by Paulo Lima and Elis Marcal, Braco de Prata Factory, Lisbon, Portugal Red Meat - Group Show organized by the Monkey in the Box Company, London, UK The Charity Shop - Solo Show organized by Shannon Conley, Gallery 5, London, UK 2007 Dorian Gray - Happy Days: Group show curated by Infinity Bunce and Katherine Lubar, John Jones, London, UK


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