Piece description from the artist
This series originates from the paintings lost in the 2014 five‑alarm fire that destroyed Franck de las Mercedes’ home and studio, works created in the very room where he once painted, experimented, and lived with them. Ten years later, he returned to his photographic archive and began carefully reconstructing each documented piece through meticulous digital restoration.
What emerges carries the ghost of that vanished studio: concrete‑like surfaces, weathered chromatic layers, and gestural floral marks that feel at once raw and architectural. Saturated bursts of color, drips, and angular strokes echo FdlM’s signature energy, rising like resilient blooms through the grit of the city.
Each work becomes an act of remembrance, an archive rebuilt from loss, honoring the studio that burned and the creative force that survived. Visually striking and emotionally charged, the series resonates strongly in corporate, hospitality, and real‑estate environments seeking artwork with narrative depth and a sense of renewal.
Franck de las Mercedes is a New York based contemporary artist whose vibrant, emotionally charged paintings bridge memory, identity, and the pulse of urban life. Born in Masaya, Nicaragua, his work blends abstract expressionism, neo‑expressionism, and the visual language of rock carvings and Nicaraguan primitivism into a signature style of bold color, jagged linework, and hieroglyph‑like text.
His practice is rooted in storytelling, childhood recollections, family histories, and the contradictions of modern life, rendered with immediacy and raw beauty. Franck’s art has reached audiences worldwide, earning international acclaim, cultural awards, and recognition for his influential public art projects, including The Priority Boxes, a global peace initiative that became a defining part of his legacy.
Collectors are drawn to the emotional depth and striking visual energy of his work, which continues to evolve while remaining unmistakably his own.
Exclusive to TurningArt: archival prints of Franck’s pre‑2014 “lost works,” salvaged from the fire that destroyed his studio, offering a rare glimpse into an essential chapter of his artistic journey.
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