In his most recent works, he plays with abstracted elements and (un)recognisability: we rarely find an element for which there is an immediate reference. He does not communicate directly with his audience. His paintings play a game of attraction and repulsion. They seduce us, with the idea of tactile brushstrokes, sensual textures and recognisable elements. When we move closer, the illusion is broken. There is nothing that creates clarity, no single point of reference. More and more questions arise. His titles do not lift the proverbial corner of the veil. Knowing the title solves nothing, answers no questions. It binds the works together into a single story and reveals something of Bellon’s fascinations and investigations on a conceptual level. Looking, however, only creates more confusion. There are few identifiable elements and that is exactly his intention. [Tamara Beheydt 2021]

Artists: Daniël Bellon