Freely inspired from 19th-century French literature, Les Dandys draw their features from the heroes depicted in the works from authors such as Balzac, Flaubert, and Maupassant. The portraits, taken from the texts we pored over at school, slip out of the original text, into an unrestricted figurative interpretation.

In their animal form, they once again question the accepted models of representation and the collective memory surrounding our cultural heritage.

The mixed media employed here make use of a hybrid between painting and photography, blurring lines to slip into the narrative.
Each portrait challenges its historical roots, creating confusion about its own dreamlike reality.
At the same time, this allows us to give animalkind back the recognition and status it deserves.