THE FAVELAS PROJECT 2008/2021
«The work of Florent Espana has always been oriented towards the human being. For him, it is necessary to represent his environment: traumatic, dense and sometimes, apocalyptic. Dencity (Favelas) is the title of his series focused on the favelas and slums of the world. This series of urban paintings almost abstract, is also a reflection focused on the future of our societies. His painting, poetic, but also politic, becomes the expression of a density which reached its climax. There is something hysterical in this endless accumulation which takes place on his canvas. Florent Espana exposes us to the heights of our society , where the gap between social classes becomes increasingly large, where the place of birth is a sign of destiny, where sometimes the only space to breathe is the sky. His thinking is intrinsically linked to the history of art, which constantly feeds his work with rich references, varied and passionate.»
Depuis 2008, plus de la moitié de la population mondiale réside en milieu urbain ; un milliard d'entre nous vivant au coeur des zones insalubres, bidonvilles, campements de fortune ou friches périphériques des marges de nos villes. Les urbanistes estiment que nous compterons 5 milliards de citadins en 2030.
Florent Espana travaille sur l'esthétique de l'accumulation, en lien direct avec le milieu urbain. Un monde dont les dédales des favélas expriment la densité, à l'instar de la superposition de couches de peinture de ses toiles, motifs complexes inspirés par Jackson Pollock, Marck Rothko, Joan Mitchell, Jean Paul Riopelle.
FAVELA 2008-2023
FAVELAS MASTERPIECE 2018
Oil on wood panel / Huile sur bois / 250 cm x 120 cm
Private Collector / Collection Privée (France)
LA SERIE MASTERPIECES 2012/2022
FAVELA MASTERPIECES / OIL ON CANVAS / 100 CM X 130 CM / PRIVATE COLLECTOR
FAVELA 2023
Favela 2023
Oil on canvas / Huile sur toile / 100 cm x 120 cm
(Private Collector)
Oil on canvas / Huile sur toile / 100 cm x 120 cm
(Private Collector)
FAVELA 2023
FAVELA 2023
Oil on canvas / Huile sur toile / 80 cm x 100 cm
Available / Disponible
Oil on canvas / Huile sur toile / 80 cm x 100 cm
Available / Disponible
FAVELA DENCITY 2021
FAVELA DENCITY 2021
110 cm x 80 cm
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur Toile
AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE
110 cm x 80 cm
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur Toile
AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE
FAVELA DENCITY 2021
FAVELA GREENWASHING (2021)
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur toile
100 cm x 80 cm
PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur toile
100 cm x 80 cm
PRIVATE COLLECTOR
FAVELA DENCITY 2021
FAVELA DENCITY 2021
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur Toile
110 cm x 80 cm
AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur Toile
110 cm x 80 cm
AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE
FAVELA DENCITY 2021
FAVELA DENCITY 2021
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur Toile
110 cm x 80 cm
PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur Toile
110 cm x 80 cm
PRIVATE COLLECTOR
FAVELA DENCITY 2021
FAVELA DENCITY 2021
Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
70 cm x 90 cm
Disponible / Available
Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
70 cm x 90 cm
Disponible / Available
FAVELA 2.0 (2)
FAVELA 2.0 (2021)
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur toile
100 cm x 80 cm
AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur toile
100 cm x 80 cm
AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE
FAVELA 2.0
FAVELA 2.0 (2019)
Oil on wood panel / Huile sur bois
100 cm x 150 cm
Private Collector
Oil on wood panel / Huile sur bois
100 cm x 150 cm
Private Collector
BUILDING CONTEMPORARY CITY
BUILDING CONTEMPORARY CITY 2019
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur toile
110 cm x 160 cm
Available / Disponible
Oil on Canvas / Huile sur toile
110 cm x 160 cm
Available / Disponible
THE CONCRETE WORLD
THE CONCRETE WORLD 2019
Oil on canvas / Huile sur toile
80 cm x 120 cm
Private Collector (France)
ABYSS
FAVELAS 2.0
"AKIRA'S FAVELA"
CONCRETE JUNGLE FAVELAS
FAVELAS 2.0
FAVELAS 2.0 2018
FAVELAS DENCITY 2016
Favelas Dencity 2016 / Oil on wood Panel / 100 cm x 70 cm.
Galerie E (Lyon)
Private Collector / Collection privée
FAVELAS DENCITY 2017
FAVELAS DENCITY 2017 // Huile sur Toile // Oil on Canvas
90 cm x 60 cm
Private Collector // Collection privée (France)
FAVELAS DENCITY 2016
GRAN - FAVELAS 2015
FAVELAS 2.0 (2015)
Favelas 2.0 / 2 x 100 cm x 50 cm / Oil on Wood Panel.
Available at Galerie E
Disponible