La Famille des Hybridus – Sir Palm, Lady Palm et Monsieur Buisson, 2023

Jean-François Fourtou’s aesthetic world teems with fantastic (and humorous) half-human, half-plant entities. Lady Palm and Sir Palm, with their palm trees for heads, and Monsieur Buisson the bush, are Hybridus, and newcomers to the artist’s pantheon of characters. Illustrating scenes of everyday life inspired by La Belle Époque, whilst projecting an idyllic image of humanity in harmony with nature, these three characters seem quite at home in the courtyard of the stunning Hôtel de Briord.