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september 10, 2021 - BEERS London

FLORENT STOSSKOPF 'ETERNAL FLOWERS' opens tomorrow, Saturday 11 September (1-4 PM)

In his debut solo exhibition with the gallery, French artist #florentstosskopf presents 'ETERNAL FLOWERS', a new series of works that simultaneously delight and dazzle the viewer. Stosskopf has ventured from his so-called 'former life' as a graphic designer to become the self-taught artist we see today. Hailing from Brittany, Stosskopf's work explores the evolution of art through the ages with a wry sense of humor and true admiration of his predecessors.

Through conventional subject matter (nudes, portraits, still lives, and interiors) that has been handled in a surprising, whimsical manner, Stosskopf invites the viewer to reconsider the tropes that we are accustomed to seeing in the art historical canon. Stosskopf's intent is to flatten the perceived hierarchy that exists between various art-historical modes of representation; his pieces challenge the traditional notion of the figurative and still life, readily adopting the influence of artists, both past and present. We see nods to artists like Matisse and Cézanne as enthusiastically as contemporary painters like Guy Yanai or Jonas Wood, to name a few.

Whether that be through deliberately placed object such as a Keith Haring book, or a skull plucked from Dutch painter Pieter Claesz 'Vanitas', Florent seems eager to keep us eternally guessing about his eternal flowers.

FLORENT STOSSKOPF (1989, Rennes, France) is currently based in Brittany, France. The self-taught young artist holds a BA in Web and Graphic Design and an Advanced Technician Diploma in Communication from L'école Multimedia. Previously, Florent has had solo exhibitions in France (2016 & 2015) and he has also, more recently, taken part in group exhibitions at 19 Karen Gallery in Australlia (2020), and Antigalerie in Paris (2019). Florent's debut solo exhibition with BEERS, 'Eternal Flowers' opens fall 2021.
Please contact the gallery to register your interest in his work.