Eric Liot

This Is Not A Picasso

2017

Maestro Eric Liot was born in 1964 Eric Liot is a man of contrast, a rustic city dweller, calm bubbling, serious playful, abounding concentrate, adult teenager .... He is a man of history and screws, an engineer of dreams, affable and talkative. It only takes a glance to realize that his creations are neither carved, nor sculpted, nor modeled but built according to his own paths and themes. Eric LIOT has adventures in his head. He builds his world parallel and playful. He is guided by the heterogeneous forms of collected objects. Wood remains his favorite material. He is all-round champion of jigsaw, manual sanding and rechargeable screwdriver. Everything is a matter of construction, juxtaposition of different woods, orchestration of screws, bolts and patinas. We find in each of these works different techniques: painting, stencil, collage and marouflage, accumulation of objects recovered during his travels and colorful overlay of materials. He has this particular technique of mechanic silversmith who makes him turn old boards into precious totems. It elegantly mixes images and references to recreate modern icons. The artist likes to play with the spectator he invites to an imaginary journey. These works have this almost instant ability to catch your eye and pull you to them. We like to be in the works of Eric Liot because it offers us a playful and more optimistic vision of our world.