Exhibition « Regards croisés »

François d’Otreppe, Evelyn Hamoir, Catherine Le Clercq and Antoine d’Otreppe have each developed a very distinct artistic universe. Yet the sharing of a single space gives rise to a genuine interaction between their works, awakening the eye and the imagination by playing with appearances and with the boundaries between inner and outer worlds, of beings but also of objects…

A quest for harmony through matter

For François d’Otreppe, sculpture (bronze, terracotta, steel, etc.) is a patient search for accurate forms. Having moved from a sensitive study of the animal world to more abstract compositions, he explores the vibrations generated by pure lines, as if his pieces sought to « send waves of harmony » to the viewer. The same level of exigency is visible in his furniture designs, where welded steel follows the organic logic of living forms.
Alongside him, Evelyn Hamoir continues an exploration focused on the suspended moment. Trained in sculpture with Luo Li Rong and active in several Belgian and Italian foundries, this teacher by training models figures in motion (in clay, wax or bronze), which she then patinates using original processes. Her work, often exhibited in the municipalities of Walloon Brabant and beyond, conveys fleeting emotion, a gesture, a breath, an inner tension.

Gazes, traces and trajectories

The drawings of Catherine Le Clercq are rooted in the humanity of faces. A graphic designer for more than 25 years, she found in old papers her preferred medium, whose traces of life, she says, « already carry a story ». Using ink or pencil, she brings forth portraits in which the eyes, as vectors of emotion, become the center of a silent dialogue between intimacy and graphic expression.
The fourth voice of this exhibition, Antoine d’Otreppe, a photographer based in Walloon Brabant, develops work shaped by a deep proximity to the animal world, particularly the horse. In his studio in Wavre, he combines artistic photography, video creations and teaching through photography courses. His images, imbued with calm and precision, capture the impulse of a movement or the density of a presence. As a counterpoint to the sculpted and drawn works, his photography adds a visual breath that completes the balance of « Crossed Perspectives ».