50.000 €

Artwork Description

This serie draws inspiration from black-and-white depictions of the exclamation "HA, HA" found in French, American, and Belgian comics. Each variation retains the graphic peculiarities of its source, whether scribbled, bold, or erupting. Comte has long been interested in how comics animate reality, exaggerate movement, and deploy humor to reveal uncomfortable truths. Here, "HA, HA" becomes both a trace of laughter and a rupture within the composition, evoking its function in comics as a signal of explosions, disappearances, or sudden changes. The repetition suggests laughter not only as release but also as a fragmented response to the anxieties of contemporary life, from the environmental crisis to social tension.