Gert Motmans

Hasselt, Belgium

© Gert Motmans
photos:
(1) An ocean in between the waves #5
(2) DAY 21

Melancholy, nostalgia, fragility or darkness, but without being sombre? Duality is probably key in the still young body of work of Gert Motmans. It balances between figurative and abstract, complexity and a – deceitful – simplicity.
The graduate from the royal academy of Fine Arts, visual artist and fashion designer puts his identity, personality, personal experiences and dreams first in his collages. Motmans’ pictures express a desire for another world. A longing for familiarity and nostalgia. At the same time his images seem to embrace a threatening, futuristic vision.

The fragile works seem to feed on romanticism as well as minimalism. It shows a sense of great tenderness and sensuality but also of apprehension,  a slight fear to possibly lose something.