"Do You Speak Kangaroo" was created in August 2021. It is inspired by the eponymous triptych on paper created by the artist in 2010. Here, civilization (represented by a Parisian metro station) contrasts with savagery (represented by the presence of kangaroos). Before creating this work, Patrick Gourgouillat gave a great deal of thought to the issue of stress in modern society. Fighting and fleeing inevitably came to mind first: two behaviors generating physiological stress, in the case of the former, or psychological stress, in the case of the latter. Of course, as psychology has shown, there is a possible compromise: sociability. And this is where "Do You Speak Kangaroo" begins. In his almost chaotic, highly colorful composition, Patrick Gourgouillat invites kangaroos, boxers, Madonna and a prisoner, among others, onto the same plane. The whole is linked to Aboriginal art. In the confusion of things mixed together, there seems to be no respite. Yet on closer inspection, "Do You Speak Kangaroo" offers another option: that of "Dreaming".
