Barbé Gallery is pleased to present a two-person exhibition of new artworks by Bobby Dowler (UK, 1983) and Stan Van Steendam (BE, 1985). Despite both artists' nomadic movements from one country to another over the years, Bobby’s new works were all conceived and made in Paris, France, whereas Stan’s recent works have been influenced by his recent artistic residency in Texas, USA.
For the last year both artists have been engaged in an ongoing dialogue where they've shared their respective ideas and working practices from which a text is written that is commissioned by Barbé Gallery by the Irish writer Paddy Butler. The exhibition text is written as an homage to Wim Wenders 1983 road movie, Paris, Texas – a slow moving epic that explores one man’s wondering search for resolution/connection amid violent heartbreak.