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The Laughing Museum

So what is The Laughing Museum?...Laughing and Museum seem to be like two magnets pushing one another with opposite force. It is a contradiction in itself. Most believe that a museum is an old tired repository of objects, with laughter an act that is seldom heard. Yet Frederic Berjot the artist behind The Laughing Museum knows it works. ...these two words can be put together, it's Okay, it only requires belief, particularly that this gallery is not a museum and even stranger isn't funny.Berjot's sculptures are inspired simply by the path of great masters such as Rodin. Rodin thought that the beauty of Michelangelo's sculptures was for him the unfinished work.

The charm of a young male torso, without a head, seems to smile at the light and at the springs better than eyes and lips could do, Rodin felt that here in his unfinished sculptures that he could break sharply with tradition, Berjot's revolutionary sculptures are following this same path. Adventurous, exploring expression and even the abstract, these enigmatic figurative forms found throughout The Laughing Museum reveal the secrets of the body with ever increasing accuracy and precision, capturing a particular portion of the body yet still being able to visualise the whole to which they belong. The continuing form is held in the viewer's mind even within it's absence. The emotions, the language of gestures, the symbolism is expressed by the mystery of what is not shown, the way that the sculptures are cut contrast with all academic definition of what a sculpture should be.

The sculptures hold a diversity as wide as the customers who purchase them. From collectors of great Australian artists purchasing full size reclining nudes to sun themselves at a private rural collection to the school girl purchasing a risque piece for her father's birthday. From classical poses to poses that you probably would have difficulty explaining to the children, the diversity and the uniqueness of these exhibited pieces of art is what makes these intriguing figurative sculptures so greatly desired. These aesthetically liberated sculptural forms can inspire individuals towards the - sometimes overlooked - beauty of the body, whether that body be of an Olympic athlete, the beauty of a pregnant woman or one's individuality. The concept of The Laughing Museum and the forms exhibited are a means for sculpture to create an enthusiastic reaction in the hearts of the young and the young at heart, galleries, corporations, peoples homes - all around the world. The enhancement of the human form, its sensuality, sexuality, power and strength captured in dramatic and often controversial Moments in Life, with the subtle intention of using a certain shock factor to reclaim the human form for art sake. This form of sculpture is fast becoming the forefront, the evolution of modern portraiture enhancing the magical identity of people.

Exhibitions:

Musee Du Rire, Ile St Louis, Paris.
Point of Departure, New York City, New York.
Inner Circle, Don't Push It Art Exhibition - Darlinghurst, Sydney
The Laughing Museum, Sydney - Permanent Exhibition.
Last Nite, National Art School Exhibition, Sydney
Art in Shop Front - Oxford Street, Sydney.
The Hills Grammer Art / Craft Exhibition, Sydney.
Australian Design 163 Gallery, Glebe, Sydney.
Combo Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney.
Speakers' Exhibition - University of Technology, Ultimo, Sydney.
Spring Exhibition - Botanical Gardens, Circular Quay, Sydney
Laughing Museum Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney.
Bondi 88 Community Art Gallery, Bondi, Sydney.
Toast II Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney.
Swatch Shop, Zurich, Switzerland.
Wemyss Gallery, Aeroplane Art - Sydney
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
American Foundation Hall, Stars on the Net.
Australian Design 163 Gallery, Glebe, Sydney.
Grand Marche d'art Contemporain, la Defense, Paris.
Daylight Studio, Paris.
Grand Marche d'art Contemporain, Bastille, Paris.
Laughing Museum - Official Opening - Gallery Launch, Paddington, Sydney
Le Corps Fragmente, Paddington, Sydney Monsters of Beauty, Paddington, Sydney
BodyLand, Paddington, Sydney Peek-a-Boo, Paddington, Sydney

Publications:

Sydney Morning Herald
Good Week-End Magazine
Belle
The Daily Telegraph
Metro
3D Magazine
The Wentworth Courier
Back & White Magazine
The Australian
The Art Almanac
Sponge Magazine
Paris Match Magazine
City Weekly
Sydney Events
Guide State of the Arts Magazine
SmArts Magazine
SAAB Scene Info - M (Japan)

Television:

ARTE - France & Germany
Channel 5 - Wonderworld
Channel 9 - The Great Outdoors
Channel 9 - The 6PM News
Channel 10 - Hey Hey It's Saturday
Channel 9 - Travellers
Foxtel - Discovery Channel
Worldwide - Sex Life
Channel 10 - Snap Shot
ABC TV