“It’s less about narratives and more about emotions – akin to life.”
Oddly alluring lo-fi figuration.
Mysterious figures inhabit George Rouy’s large-scale acrylic canvases. Rather than depicting specific individuals, he paints feelings and memories – half-remembered glimpses of dancing bodies in nightclubs meld with intimate personal moments. The ultra-smooth textures draw from digital culture, recalling beauty filters on social media. Rouy uses technology in his process as well, drafting compositions on the computer before projecting them onto canvas. While painting, bodies and backgrounds are built up in multiple layers but faces are often created in a single, briskly-applied coat. Medieval...
Bio
George Rouy was born in 1994 in Kent, UK, and now lives and works in London.
At Auction
2018 painting Through the Window was purchased for £30,000 in a Phillips auction – more than three times its upper estimate.
Career
Still early in his career, Rouy has already exhibited internationally – notably at Foundation Cartier in Paris and X Museum in Shanghai.
