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100x80cm, acrylics on canvas

QUESTION: But your work also shows the sexual development in this process. Did you make sexual art from your early days as an artist?

ANSWER: It was quite strong when I started out as an artist, now it has evened out a little bit more. The beginnings of my art work were purely sexual, and I think that had to do with the fact that I experienced dissatisfaction and frustration. The problem was that my work could not capture my state of mind. My paintings were too colorful and happy. When my paintings got darker, I was more able to analyze and translate my state of mind. Previously, I was just producing art without thinking about what I was doing. When I was younger, I was also completely lost in a world of disco and drugs. I was painting a lot but I was living a very isolated existence. My work is still sexually charged today. Even though I am much more open than in those years, it seems to be a way for me to go search for myself. I was heavily into drugs when I was younger and have had to go through intensive detoxication. That was a very difficult period for me. But we have a piece of legislation her in Belgium, Article 60, through which one can get employment when trying to overcome a drug addiction. This is how I got my first job as a curator at the Centrum voor Jonge Kunst in Ghent. This center is located in an old retirement home and organizes low-budget exhibitions for emerging artists. First I worked in the cafetaria of CJK, then I worked as a technician and later I was promoted to curator.

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65x50cm, acrylics on canvas