John FOU

"When you have to pass a ball behind your back and at the same time catch another in front of you, you need to create a rhythm so as not to drop any of them. I realize that my pitctural composition can be thought of as a juggling figure."

John Fou is a self-taught artistinitially trained in the performing artsincluding dance and circus. Through his practice of drawing with colored pencils, he transcribes a playful, luminous universe into lively compositions. playful, luminous universe with references to the circus world.

In his work, figures are often represented by repeating the same line, recalling certain futuristic Futurist influences influences and expressing a frenetic movement carousels and juggling.. The pictorial layer of the work can also be reworked, engraved, to reveal other figures in negative, thus multiplying the levels of reading.

In a new series, John Fou introduces paint into his work, always mixed with colored pencil. In darker, smaller-format canvases, the circus appears in all its disquieting glory. The figures are blurred, monstrous, the colors colder. In aggressive attitudes reminiscent of macabre dances, they question our relationship with a more violent mythology, inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy, Blake's punishments and an aesthetic of the fall.