George Rouy Bends Flesh and Bone in 'Shadowing'

• Summary
• Almine Rech has opened SHADOWING, a new painting showcase by George Rouy
• The exhibition is now on view at Château de Boisgeloup in Gisors, France through November 23

This past weekend, British artist George Rouy opened a solo exhibition with Almine Rech at the storied Château de Boisgeloup in France. Staged inside Pablo Picasso’s sculpture studio, SHADOWING introduces a new suite of paintings conceived specifically for the space, building on his visceral inquiry into flesh and bone, in direct dialogue with one of art history’s most radical corporeal thinkers.

Rouy’s figures, alone or entangled, emerge and dissolve in eternal flux, suspended somewhere between states of tension and release. Bruise-colored palettes and expressive brushwork give rise to bodies both spectral and human — “rhapsodic explorations of mass, movement and identity,” as per a gallery statement.

The showcase on view continues Rouy’s pursuit of what he calls “the body at war with itself.” Here, existence is less of a fact than a negotiation of identity and intimacy, a call to challenge the façade of stability to unearth all the beauty in the mess that remains

SHADOWING, presented with support by Hannah Barry Gallery and Hauser & Wirth, is now on view in Gisors, France through November 23.

Château de Boisgeloup
2 Rue du Chêne d’Huy,
27140 Gisors, France