Galerie Maria Lund
"There's a Man in a Smiling Bag"
Group show
Kata Unger : Philosophical Zombies - 250 x 235 cm - laine sur laine - 2024
‘There’s a Man in a Smiling Bag’ brings together six Berlin-based artists. The title is one of three clues given to an FBI agent by a creepy friendly giant in episode 1, season 2 of David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’. This reference emphasizes an approach marked by mystery, a shared element in the practice of the six artists.
Philosophical zombies collide with mystical anarchy to converge in a playful darkness in the gallery. This is the case in Kata Unger’s tapestries, where codes and chaos blend. The exhibition creates a space where systems collapse and new meanings emerge. The voices of the six artists transcend certainties, allowing the strange to speak for itself.
Group show of Heiner Franzen, Philip Grözinger, Lou Hoyer, Fee Kleiß, Kata Unger and Marlon Wobst
From May 22 to July 18, 2026
Rendez-Vous
Sunday 25 May 2025 at 3:30 pm
Actor Thomas Landbo reads a selection of Jon Fosse’s texts – Galerie Maria Lund
Sunday 25 May 2025 at 4:15 pm
Rencontre/signature avec le journaliste et auteur William Irigoyen – Galerie Maria Lund
75003 Paris, France 01 42 76 00 33 marialund.com/fr
The gallery
For 26 years the GALERIE MARIA LUND has been encouraging a contemporary art that combines conceptual depth and visual pertinence; strong works that suggest meaning rather than imposing one, and in a contemporary form raise existential questions. The works of the artists represented cover a wide range of media: installation, sculpture, painting, drawing, photo, performance, video, textile and poetry. In addition to the organization of exhibitions at its premises and participation in various fairs, the gallery also promotes its artists to institutions and private organizations, handles commissions, publishes books and occasionally host other artistic fields (theatre, music, literature) for one-off events.
The gallery is a member of the French galleries association, CPGA – and of pgmap – paris gallery map.
Gallery artists
Didier Boussarie, Lene Bødker, Elle-Mie Ejdrup Hansen, Nicolai Howalt, Fee Kleiss, Esben Klemann, Pipaluk Lake, Lee Jin Woo, Farida le Suavé, Peter Martensen, Min Jung-Yeon, Peter Neuchs, Marielle Paul, Elise Peroi, Pernille Pontoppidan Pedersen, Lyndi Sales, Helene Schmitz, Shoi, Bente Skjøttgaard, Morten Søndergaard, Linda Swanson, Marlon Wobst, Yoo Hye-Sook, Yoon Ji-Eun
