Laurent Dumortier

Everything Fades. The Horizon Recdes

15.03 > 25.04.2026

Vernissage SUNDAY 11.03.2026

The encounter with everyday windows and their interiors marked his first step into drawing. Night-time walks through Namur, Liège, and Brussels led Laurent Dumortier to see differently, to consider these windows as living tableaux. His gaze is drawn to shadows, light, presence and absence, sounds, colors, objects, and bodies.

These elements—captured through observation, sketches, or notes—become traces of the "it has been," seen from the unique perspective of the "voyeur" he once was. Beyond what is visible, he reflects on living conditions, family memories, violence, and the aesthetic space of the home.

The "visible" is questioned at night—as Michaël Foessel notes, "During the night, the gaze must embrace the unpredictable"—and his drawing unfolds in a tension between memory-based traces of reality and new plastic realities emerging on the charcoal surface.