The line that titles this exhibition, lifted from the 1978 satirical song Fish Heads by Barnes&Barnes, presents a surreal juxtaposition of vitality and consumption, joy and transience. It is this interplay between the symbolic and the absurd, the sacred and the banal, that frames the approach of this group exhibition.
Fish have long occupied a potent place in the symbolic lexicon of multiple cultures.
In Chinese and Japanese traditions, fish, especially the carp, are emblems of endurance, prosperity, and scholarly success. In Tibetan Buddhism, the golden fish represent liberation from the cycle of suffering. The early Christians adopted the fish as a discreet signifier of faith.
Flowing through these meanings is a unifying, elemental presence: water. As both medium and metaphor, water shapes the spiritual and material contexts in which fish appear. It signifies fluidity, impermanence, transformation; water becomes a stage for metamorphosis, migration, and mystery.
Like the two fish of the Pisces Zodiac sign, the exhibition moves in opposite directions at once. But it is precisely in this divergence that a space opens up for reflection, disorientation, and unexpected clarity.

The exhibition features works by Yann Bronder, Jef Gysen, Kenan Hasimbegovic, Catharina Hell.