CHARLES HASCOËT
b. 1985, FranceGraduated from the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2014, Charles Hascoët (b.1985, Paris) uses paintings to tell stories that relate to his daily life, his thoughts and emotions. Without revealing the cultural or philosophical meaning behind his works, the artist creates intriguing narratives that guides the viewers into a certain state of mind, oscillating between the tangible and the imaginary.
As a painter, Charles Hascoët mainly uses oil, in a dreamlike and academic way, rendering his canvas with both purity and decadence.
Julie Crenn, art critic and curator, describes the artist as follows: ‘Charles Hascoët makes his face a recurring pattern. Self-portraits punctuate his practice: most often, small formats where, without filter, Charles Hascoët looks at himself in the mirror to give us states, emotions and expressions. He shares without filters what he is over time. Anti-genius and anti-hero, the artist presents himself above all as an individual prey to his fears, his doubts and his difficulties in confronting a disturbing reality. The objects are then both icons of an intimate story and elements of a memento mori.’
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