Lucas Rollin
Liquid Sun
11.6.2023 - 30.6.2023
Lucas Rollin’s practice flows through a plurality of artistic reference points, refusing to be confined to a single discipline or technique. To the viewer, he reveals liquid forms that intertwine into a surrealist mosaic: a tangible utopia beyond the visible. He describes his process as creating soft-colored stains, where the accumulation of colors and forms converges into an organized chaos, a precarious balance.
His figurative work, by contrast, immerses itself in darkness. Laden with historical references, these pieces place an ominous strangeness within a disquieting practice. The resulting works are permeated by alternative cultures: from neo-constructivism and expressionism to punk, trash, horror films, and libertarian archives. Anxious about history yet open to chance, the artist stretches these elements into pseudo-historical frescoes.
Recently, sculpture has emerged as a proud extension of his graphic microcosm. These three-dimensional forms materialize recurring motifs from his two-dimensional work, amplifying the flow of gestures within the creative chaos. The result is a coherent totality where beauty and ugliness mingle instinctively, naively, sometimes brutally.
Lucas Rollin (b. 1986, Colmar) studied at the Beaux-Arts in Colmar, Mulhouse, and Marseille, where he graduated in 2012. He lives and works in Brussels.
