Where Rocco Found a Dead Monster or The Land of the Downcast Eyes

For over twenty years, Scottish artist Charles Avery has been building a dizzying archipelago of the mind. At the GRIMM gallery, this colossal project is enriched by a new celestial layer: the Eidolons. These ethereal specters now float above a wild land populated with silhouettes with lowered gazes. Between bronze and paper, Avery blurs the lines, mixing drawing, writing, and volume. His works don’t just tell an adventure; they forge an entire cosmogony where maps lie elegantly. One encounters travelers from the void and dubious beasts in an atmosphere that is both serious and mischievous, typical of the best fables. This artistic stop offers a poetic breach into a universe where imagination comes to life with tangible force, urging us to look for, just like ourselves, the shadow of a fabulous monster in the sky.