{"id":293830,"date":"2025-10-11T05:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/293830\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T05:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:14:17","slug":"in-the-party-is-over-murmure-confronts-the-absurd-spectacle-of-the-end-times-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/293830\/","title":{"rendered":"In &#8216;The Party is Over,&#8217; Murmure Confronts the Absurd Spectacle of the End Times \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a world this absurd and disastrous, do we gravitate toward cynicism or levity? For the artist duo known as <a href=\"https:\/\/murmurestreet.fr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Murmure<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/murmure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously<\/a>), both are the only option.<\/p>\n<p>The Caen, France-based pair presents a new body of paintings and charcoal drawings in their plainly titled exhibition, La f\u00eate est finie, or The party is over. Through a unique sense of wit and irony, they transform astronauts into runway models, the moon into a nuclear power plant, and a birthday cake into a raging forest fire. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/murmure-4-960x1177.jpg\" alt=\"an astronaut carrying a louis vuitton case in a piece by Murmure\" class=\"wp-image-463620\"  \/>\u201cMoon Walk\u201d (2025), carbon pencil on paper, 50 x 40 centimeters<\/p>\n<p>Where there could be commonplace sights or moments of joy and frivolity, Murmure instead presents an unsettling composition. Every ill-advised choice\u2014whether baking in front of a UV screen or watching cows graze on an ice floe\u2014becomes a spectacular confrontation with our collective obsessions with consumerism, ecological wreckage, and self-serving gluttony.<\/p>\n<p>La f\u00eate est finie is on view through November 22 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galerielj.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Galerie LJ<\/a> in Paris. Find more from the artists on <a href=\"https:\/\/murmurestreet.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">their website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/murmurestreet\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1726\" height=\"1719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/murmure-1.jpg\" alt=\"a piece by Murmure of a woman standing in front of a UV screen\" class=\"wp-image-463617\"  \/>\u201cUV #2\u201d (2025), carbon pencil on paper, 35 x 35 centimeters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/murmure-5.jpg\" alt=\"a piece by Murmure of a nuclear plant on the moon\" class=\"wp-image-463621\"  \/>\u201cNuclear Moon\u201d (2025), carbon pencil on paper, 50 x 70 centimeters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/murmure-8.jpg\" alt=\"cartoonish mushrooms stand beneath a painting of a mushroom-shaped explosion by Murmure\" class=\"wp-image-463624\"  \/>\u201cA Mushroom Story\u201d (2025), acrylic on canvas, 200 x 150 centimeters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1335\" height=\"1839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/murmure-6.jpg\" alt=\"a piece by Murmure of a cake with a forest in flames\" class=\"wp-image-463622\"  \/>\u201cHappy Birthday\u201d (2025), carbon pencil on paper, 55 x 40 centimeters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/murmure-7.jpg\" alt=\"a woman relaxes in front of a UV screen with a martini in a piece by Murmure\" class=\"wp-image-463623\"  \/>\u201cUV #1\u201d (2025), carbon pencil on paper, 180 x 130 centimeters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/murmure-3.jpg\" alt=\"a painting by Murmure of a polar bear sleeping on a cooler\" class=\"wp-image-463619\"  \/>\u201cCooler Age\u201d (2025), acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 centimeters<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do stories and artists like this matter to you?<\/strong> Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hide advertising<\/li>\n<li>Save your favorite articles<\/li>\n<li>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Receive members-only newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a world this absurd and disastrous, do we gravitate toward cynicism or levity? 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