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Detmar Blow and Pablo León de la Barra are honoured to announce a new exhibition by Los Super Elegantes. PICK A PAISLEY, TROPIC IS THE TOPIC, DECORATING WITH DOGS is their first solo show in London and presents documents, photos, posters, scripts, music and props from three of their most recent performance projects: The Falling Leaves of St. Pierre, Tunga's House Bar: A Group of Kids Sitting Around Talking About the End of the World and The Technical Vocabulary of an Interior Decorator. The Falling Leaves tells the story of a fading haute couture designer whose assistant eats his used condoms; Tunga’s House Bar is loosely based on Brasilian artist Tunga and examines the phenomena of guruism in contemporary art; while The Technical Vocabulary is the story of interior decorator Mimi Patiño who uses new experimental methods to transform and trash her clients’ interiors.

Los Super Elegantes is the collaborative team of Milena Muzquiz and Martiniano Lopez-Crozet. Together they perform onstage at concerts and art events; record albums and produce music videos; make photographs and t-shirts, and write and star in their own plays. In cathartic and turbulent performances, Lopez Crozet and Muzquiz take on endless roles, from rock stars and television soap opera characters, to writers and onstage provocateurs. Their work blurs the line between art and music, high and pop culture, punk and mariachi, failure and success, real life and pop stardom. The final product, a pastiche of allusions to contemporary culture, portrays and deconstructs the variety of styles and fashions available in our media-saturated era.

Milena Muzquiz (Tijuana, 1974) and Martiniano Lopez-Crozet (Argentina, 1968) formed Los Super Elegantes in San Francisco in 1995; they live and work in Los Angeles. Their first musical album Channelizing Paradise was released in 2002. Los Super Elegantes were featured in the 2004 Whitney Biennial, in the same year they created the highly successful Slow Dance Club as part of the Frieze Art Fair 2004 Art Project Commissions. Los Super Elegantes work has been reviewed in numerous publications including ArtForum, Index, Purple, Interview and many others. Milena and Martiniano are currently working on their new album and in the production of their first motion picture: Los Super Elegantes An Autobiography.

Blow de la Barra is a West End art gallery showing the work of emerging international avant-garde artists, many previously unseen in London, within an exciting and intelligent exhibition programme.

For further information please contact Rebecca May Marston + 44 (0) 20 7734 7477 or rebecca@blowdelabarra.com