LOU ROS

Lou Ros’ art is centered round the de-structuring of form, rather than simply reproducing the original in perfection. With the unfinished imperfect work he wishes to evoke the viewers interest and imagination. His personality emulates his style where he says:
“I never like to finish a sandwich on my plate. It’s a bad habit that I’ve had since I was little”.
He treats subjects in a raw, free handed manner, using explosive, radiant and vibrant dramatization of colours and favoring the distorted, torn figures of their subjects. Similarly the artist works convey a sense of the legacy of Cubism in the shapes, and the automatic writing of the surrealists … sometimes leaving the unconscious expressing itself.

Specifically he wishes to capture the viewer’s interest by allowing them to imagine the end of the painting, or piece together the story in a collage for themselves. Ros allows freedom too in his creation of an artwork, as he works without having a clear idea of the final result, and stops his work before it seems finished. He will captivate one’s eye by transforming that which is clear into a blur and that which is fixed into a movement. His paintings are representations of both the external world and his own inner world. Bonding beautiful colours and interesting contortions with his enchanted paintbrush Ros creates a magical dance on the canvas.

The artist finds life in the distorted, vibrant, failed or shaky line more than the nice clean straight lines, which he finds boring. He searches for the strength and freedom in the unfinished painting more than portraying just a beautiful image on a well-finished canvas. An architectural drawing that stops at the foundation of a large house, which is unfinished, and not quite right.

However for Ros, this captures more interest than a completed drawing, saying: “The moment where little is enough to suggest the structure interests me, leaving the spectator‘s imagination open at the moment the scene is starting to appear.”

Ros often quotes the American conceptual artist John Baldessari to convey his thoughts and approach, “It is only when you have been painting for quite some time that you will realize that to begin your compositions seem to lack impact – That they are too ordinary. That is when you will start to break all the rules of so-called composition and to think in terms of design. Then you can distort shapes, forms invent, and be on your way towards being a creative artist.”

Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator at Saatchi Art, selected Lou Ros in year 2013 as one of twelve emerging international artists to invest in. He exhibited the following year at Saatchi Gallery London.

This year he took part of the exhibition titled „The Fantasy of Representation“ curated by Andrew Salgado in London. His work was shown up together with works by Hurvin
Anderson, Francis Bacon, Sverre Bjertnes, Eckart Hahn, Gary Hume, Andrew Salgado and Alexander Tinei.

Lou Ros is living and working in Paris.

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