
LAURENT ANDRÉ FERRIÉ (L.A.F) IS A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST BASED IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. HAVING DEDICATED OVER A DECADE TO HIS PRACTICE L.A.F INVITES VIEWERS INTO A METICULOUSLY CONSTRUCTED UNIVERSE WHERE ARCHITECTURAL GRAVITY MEETS EXPLOSIVE COLOR. HE IS A VISIONNARY IN THE REALM OF COLOURFUL ABSTRACT GEOMETRIC ART, CREATING VISUALLY ARRESTING ACRYLIC PIECES THAT EMBODY BOTH PRECISION AND DYNAMISM.
HIS DISTINCTIVE AESTHETIC IS ANCHORED IN THE HARD EDGE TECHNIQUE, A DISCIPLINE OF UNCOMPROMISING PRECISION CHARACTERIZED BY CRISP, CLEAN LINES THAT SHARPLY DELINEATE SEPARATE AREAS OF UNIFORM COLOR. THIS TECHNIC REJECTS BLENDED TRANSITIONS, DEMANDING TECHNICAL MASTERY AND RESULTING IN A FLAT, BOLD SURFACE THAT COMMANDS ATTENTION.
THE ROOTS OF L.A.F'S VISION ARE DIVERSE, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM TWO SEEMINGLY CONTRASTING WORLDS: THE FUNDAMENTAL PURITY OF MINIMALISTIC GEOMETRIC FORMS AND MONOLYTHIC BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE. THIS COLLISION CREATES ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES STRUCTURES BUILT NOT OF CONCRETE, BUT OF CALCULATED COLOR FIELDS.
EACH CANVAS IS A PROFOUND STUDY OF SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PERCEPTION. L.A.F METICULOUSLY WORKS ON THE DYNAMIC INTERPLAY OF LIGHT, COLOR AND SHADOW, USING CHROMATIC JUXTAPOSITION TO GIVE FLAT SURFACES THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME AND UNEXPECTED DEPTH.
BEYOND THE VISUAL MECHANICS, L.A.F INFUSES HIS WORK WITH SUBTLE SYMBOLISM ELEMENTS, CREATING RICH, SILENT NARRATIVES HIDDEN WITHIN THE GEOMETRY AND INVITING THE VIEWER INTO A CONTEMPLATIVE DIALOGUE. THE RESULTING ART IS AN ELECTRIC, INTELLECTUAL EXPERIENCE, A WORLD WHERE EVERY LINE IS INTENTIONAL AND EVERY COLOR RESONATE.
EXHIBITIONS 2024 - Digital exhibition on Kunstmatrix platform. 2023 - Virtual exhibition "Terra De_Us" - Kunstmatrix platform 2022 - FLUX exhibition (Group show) London disign district - UK 2022 - Virtual exhibition - "Shapes of the soul" - gallery powered by kunstmatrix 2021 - 3D exhibition "Human Quantum flow" - Gallery Lumi from Ikonospace. 2021 - "Icon" (group show) Boomer gallery - London -UK 2021 - Flux Exhibition (group show) London - UK 2021 - Omega studio - St Leonards on Sea - UK
PUBLICATIONS 2023 - Interview - Artmajeur magazine 2022 - The Flux Review Issue 7 - (6 pages feature) Editor Lisa Gray - UK 2021 - Artist Talk Magazine Issue 17 (Mine publishing) October 2021 - UK