This vibrant abstract painting features a striking contrast of colors and shapes. The composition centers on a prominent blue figure with a distinct silhouette, set against a bold green and yellow background. The brushstrokes and textured layers create a sense of depth and movement, while the bold, expressive style suggests a raw, emotional quality. The overall artwork conveys a dreamlike, surreal atmosphere, inviting the viewer to engage with its enigmatic and evocative visual language. While the specific meaning or intention behind the piece is not explicitly stated, the artist's distinctive artistic approach and use of vivid, unconventional colors and forms offer an intriguing and thought-provoking contemporary visual experience. ...
Alex Foxton’s painting takes traditional images of masculinity, deconstructs their archetypes and reveals their complexity and ambiguity. Alex Foxton explores the personal history and humanity of the heroes or mythical figures that inhabit our western culture, painting a new narrative in the hollow of the history known to all. The figures depicted are stretched, torn between a calm face and an expressive body, tortuous or ecstatic, underlining the tension of each character. Alex tries to get rid of the objective and dominant gaze that shapes these virile male figures to reveal an embodied vision and to let a desire for these bodies come to life. ...
Galerie Derouillon was founded in Paris in 2013 by Benjamin Derouillon and is dedicated to discovering and supporting emerging contemporary artists. Since its inception, Galerie Derouillon has put the emphasis on providing young artists a long term support in every stage of production, exhibition and dissemination of our artists’ practice.
The main focus is on international emerging artists, creating a community and bonds with historical and more established artists through curated group shows. Collaboration is an important feature in the ecosystem of the gallery as we dedicate ourselves in creating relationships between artists, galleries and institutions by producing books, exhibitions as well as working closely with public and private institutions. ...
