"I find refuge in an innocence where the man who dreams cannot grow old."- Réné Char, Seuls Demeurent, 1945
At the crossroads of dream and autobiography, Glitch, far from being a simple anomaly, is here claimed as a poetics of the unexpected, a moment when the system cracks to allow a new form to emerge. For his first exhibition at the Danysz Gallery, Charles Hascoët invites us to step through the looking glass of a painting where personal narrative replaces factual reality. In this hybrid world, the most trivial everyday life takes on a fantastical aura filled with mystery.
Charles Hascoët's aesthetic references iconic films and series from Ghost Dog to The X-Files, 1990s pop culture, and his childhood memories filled with Game Boys and pet-like Furbies. With the enthusiasm of a teenager, the artist explores territories populated by flying saucers, aliens, and dinosaurs.
This exhibition is part of the Danysz Gallery's ongoing commitment to artists who question the cultural and social changes of our time through hybrid practices. Charles Hascoët never seeks to comment on or analyze society. His approach is above all emotional, autobiographical, and disarmingly sincere. Each canvas acts as a fragment of a personal narrative, an attempt to capture a persistent feeling, something that preoccupies and inhabits him, without seeking to rationalize it.
Since completing his studies, Charles Hascoët's works have been exhibited in France and internationally: in Brussels, New York, Miami, Shanghai, Paris, and in numerous independent venues and art institutions. Featured in a solo exhibition at Perrotin in New York, he has also exhibited at FRAC Corsica and CAC Noisy-Le-Sec. Whimsical and deeply sincere, Charles Hascoët continues to build, canvas after canvas, a body of work that is both intimate and universal, where memories become fiction and fiction becomes mirror.
As comfortable with a paintbrush as he is with turntables, Hascoët has also been a DJ since the 2000s, passionate about Detroit music, the minimal electro scene in Paris and Berlin, and Italo disco. This dual culture—visual and auditory—infuses his works with a gentle musicality, capturing moments suspended between euphoria and silence.
