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Plonk et Replonk: Architects of Absurdity in the Belle Époque The Swiss collective Plonk et Replonk isn’t merely creating art; they're excavating a peculiar, delightfully skewed history. Emerging from the quiet Jura mountains of La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1995 – a town historically synonymous with watchmaking precision – Jacques Froidevaux, Hubert Froidevaux, and Miguel-Angel Morales have built a singular artistic practice centered around the meticulous manipulation of vintage postcards from the Belle Époque. Their work isn’t about replicating the past; it's about interrogating it, twisting its co…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of plonk et replonk's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
