Phantasme

Desire turns into decay in Phantasme, a series of monochromatic video paintings. Exploring the boundaries of painting, sculpture, performance, and advertising, Montmare & Åberg embody excessive consumption hysteria in a palette of white, black, red, and pink.

Using food and cosmetic products to paint and sculpt, the characters investigate female identity and concepts of beauty as they are transformed into phantoms of desire. Phantasme has been exhibited internationally at Saarlandmuseum, Centre d’art Contemporain du Luxembourg, Casino Luxembourg in Luxembourg, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain in Belgium, FRAC Lorraine in France, and Färgfabriken Sweden, among other places.