les charmes discrets du pouvoir Painting

I' am an Belgian independant art professional. I make contemporary paintings, drawings and collages. My work is represented by gallery S&H De Buck in Ghent, gallery 'Zwart Huis' in Knokke, Albus Lux gallery in Roosendaal and Ververs gallery in Amsterdam. Monographies in 2008 (Ludion-editions) and in 2014 : 'Walden & other suspicions' (MER Paper Kunsthalle) Expositions since 2007 in different galleries and artplaces: . Museum of Elsene/Brussels (Fading), De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam, C.A.A.W. Peking ( Chinese Art Archive Warehouse), MU.Zee Ostend (PPP-Flagart), Museum Guislain Ghent, CIAP Hasselt, BOZAR Brussels , Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek (solo),Das Belgisches Haus Keulen (solo), Cité International des Arts Paris(solo), Art Festival Watou.... Work: "The paintings of Johan Clarysse want to be enigmatic in a transparant way. Concepts of identity construction, communication and non-communication are key, along with the drives and aspirations of the condition humaine. Clarysse’s figurative paintings display a layered, hybrid imagery that questions and researches the ambiguity proper to human nature. His paintings tease and confuse, destabilize well-known images and themes, giving them power and force. Thus an oeuvre is created that is both playful and serious, clear and equivocal, subdued and intense."