Florian Eymann

The Arnolfini Wedding, after Jan Van Eyck

73 x 59 ″

Oil on Canvas

2023


Throughout Eymann's work, one may not know if the forces that inhabit them are destructive, generative, hostile or transformative. What may have been an original image has been covered with layers of unfathomable patterns, and seemingly all of a sudden, these accumulated layers were ripped off, allowing for glimpses of the original image. The ideas of time, deterioration, and the way that time ravishes our memories come to mind and evoke décollage artist Jacques Villeglé. In Eymann’s work, however, there are no posters or ads, but portraits of characters whose identities have been stripped away. Everything is in process, evolving through transformation, change, and the wearing effects of time.