2021 “Suspicious Meetings” in gallery De Buck Gent

‘Suspicious meetings’: recente schilderijen en tekeningen van Johan Clarysse.
Fotokabinet: Willy Vinck. Opening zondag 14/3 from 14u.
De expo runs until 17/4/2021.

My body produces truth (II), 60×90 cm, 2020

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Article Annelies A.A. Van Belle in the Art Couch 13/3/2021

“We love this oeuvre full of double entendres, which, while often reporting from the melancholy caverns of our existence, also has a poetic, soteriological effect…” Lees meer:

Article Marc Ruyters in H-art 112

Johan Clarysse actually paints stealthily, and that is not a bad thing. He avoids transparency and clarity, always stops just short of the purely figurative and realistic, uses pale colors that avoid a beautiful aesthetic, puts double bottoms in the possible interpretations…
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Article Johan Debruyne (Kunstmagazine)

“Clarysse paints life in all its aspects, but there is a veil in front of it…I have previously sung the praises of Clarysse’s work, still witnessed his debut, followed his interesting evolution. Like the wine, he gets better and better…”
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