George Rouy

George Rouy’s fleshy nudes—often painted in pink, blue, or muted earth tones—bulge and blur against abstract backgrounds. While the U.K.-born artist has cited 15th-century painters including Jean Fouquet and Rogier van der Weyden as influences, his work is decidedly contemporary: Rouy’s compositions evoke both soft-focus camera lenses and digital glitches. A graduate of the Camberwell College of Arts in London, Rouy has enjoyed solo exhibitions in London, Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York, among other cities. He has participated in group shows at the X Museum in Beijing and the Fondation Cartier in Paris. For Rouy, the body is a tool for storytelling. As he contorts his figures into curious poses that threaten to bump against the canvas edge, he explores the ambiguities of gender and sexuality.