Yz Franco-British, b. 1975

Danysz Gallery presents a deep dive into the question of identity, through the idea of the portrait in contemporary art. I AM FINE – Identity in Focus brings together a...

Danysz Gallery is pleased to present an online exhibition devoted to portraits. As the exhibition title suggests, the exhibition’s main preoccupations are the meaning, the ideology and the subversive power of portraits. What is the role of portraits now, in an image-saturated world, when selfies on social media took over the popular imagination?

Danysz Gallery presents Night Talks, an online exhibition of works that allude to the reflective processes occurring at night. Works of ten artists are exhibited together to revive the imaginary nighttime. Night is often the time when artists get active and embark on their “nocturnal labors” (Nabokov). View of a reality changes at night: this slight shift of perception allows for a shift in a narrative.