I recently visited the Mrzyk & Moriceau: Double or Nothing exhibition at Kunsthalle Nürnberg. Their surreal, humorous, and erotic drawings caught my eye immediately. The exhibition wasn’t just visual—there was even a badminton court. I also learned they made an animated video for the band Air, which I hadn't known before.

Photo: Christine Meiler

A Drawing a Day keeps the doctor away

Petra Mrzyk (from Nuremberg) & Jean-François Moriceau have been creating one drawing a day since 1998, building a dense and often absurd body of work. Their style blends pop culture, surrealism, and visual puns—people morph into animals, objects come alive, and nothing stays in its expected form. It’s light-hearted but also subtly layered with meaning.

Humor, Eroticism, and Interaction

The exhibition plays with themes like sexuality, gender, and identity, but always with humor and openness. Some drawings are gently provocative, others just bizarre and funny. I appreciated how physical and interactive the show was. Playing badminton among surreal animations and wall drawings gave the whole visit a playful, unexpected twist.

More Than Just Still Images

One highlight was discovering that the duo also works with animation. Their short video works on display were hypnotic, rhythmic, psychedelic and unmistakably theirs. I was surprised to learn they animated a video for Air—another playful connection in an already rich visual universe.

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