Florian Eymann, a self-taught French artist born 1980, began by exploring the world of music for several years before practicing the pictorial art for which he is now recognized in France and internationally. Florian is identifiable by his oil paintings where he explores dark themes and experiments with form and content by deconstructing and reinterpreting faces and expressions of traditional portraiture.
Taking inspiration from the light of Caravaggio, the deformations of Bacon, the freedom of sight of Picasso and many others; Eymann developed a particular gestural methodology. By merging shapes and bright colours, the artist deliberately portrays a constant impression of construction/destruction.
His work makes the viewer discover that the representational standards can transcend by strategically incorporating abstract touches of paint which partially camouflage the work and thus letting the imagination be carried away.

The gallery's words

I discovered Florian's work on social media. What immediately struck me was this reference to great artists without actually referring to them. A great freedom of interpretation, a constantly evolving construction which never finds its final form, close to this precipice of chaos, the artist never tipping into the abyss. We traded on several occasions but Florian, caught up in the American market, could not be represented in France. The confinement will have finally served the gallery since the artist has entrusted us with his representation in Bordeaux.