Interview: Elso
Luca Curci talks with Elso during FUTURE LANDSCAPES – SENSES INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2023, at Medina Art Gallery in Rome.

I started collage a few years ago this discipline brings me a lot I like to deal with several subjects including everything that is egalitarian, humanist, and important in our society I find my inspiration in the street where I tear up posters that I recomposed in my workshop I really like pop art and different abstract styles that I developed a few years ago from my childhood memories to my adult realities, collage for me is more than an expression it is a key with which I decode the world around me. The most difficult part of my job is I would say collecting the posters and finding the messages I want to convey. I really like the concept of this exhibition which allows artists to go beyond their borders and exhibit abroad. I think for me that the principle of making your art travel is also a part of making it exist. The message of the collage which is presented in London comes from posters torn in the streets during the social protests in France. I was inspired by it to make a series of collages representing this troubled period. I loved using its liquids to promote my work and its liquids is a professional, reliable group that I will definitely work with I particularly appreciate the organization of this event which allows me to present my work in England.

Luca Curci – Which subject are you working on? How did you get to your current artistic practice?
Elso – I started college a few years ago. This discipline brings me a lot I like to deal with several subjects including everything that is egalitarian, humanist, and important in our society.

LC – What’s your background? What is the experience that has influenced your work the most? Where do you find your inspiration?
E – I was born in 1986 in Morlaix France, I am 37 years old and my inspirations are diverse, from Jean Michel Basquiat, Edward Munch, Vermeer, Caravaggio, Erro. Subsequently, as a self-taught person, the hip-hop world and graffiti also inspired me a lot.

LC – What are the three hashtags essential to define your poetics that you could not give up?
E – About the hashtags that represent me I would say: #elso777 #collage #pop-art.

LC – Where do you find your inspiration ?
E – I find my inspiration in the street where I tear up posters that I recomposed in my workshop. I really like pop art and different abstract styles that I developed a few years ago from my childhood memories to my adult realities. Collage for me is more than an expression; It is a key with which I decode the world around me.

LC – What is the most challenging part about creating your artworks?
E – The most difficult part of my job is I would say collecting the posters and finding the messages I want to convey.

LC – What do you think about the concept of this exhibition? How does it inspire you?
E – I really like the concept of this exhibition which allows artists to go beyond their borders and exhibit abroad. I think for me that the principle of making your art travel is also a part of making it exist.

LC – What is the message linked to the artwork you have shown in this event? How is it
connected to the theme of the entire exhibition?
E – The message of the collage which is presented in London comes from posters torn in the streets during the social protests in France. I was inspired by it to make a series of collages representing this troubled period.

LC – Did you enjoy cooperating with us?
E – I loved using ITSLIQUID to promote my work. ITSLIQUID is a professional, reliable group.

LC – What do you think about ITSLIQUID Platform? And What do you think about the organization of our event?
E – I particularly appreciate the organization of this event which allows me to present my work in England.