Work
The creation of his work is at the same time plastic and literary. Words, titles, sentences, graffiti are extensions and elucidations of the visual effect. The artist gets his inspiration from several aspects of the social fabric. Communication and in-communication are recurring central themes in his work. Themes like alienation, seclusion, unrest, insecurity are often starting points for his visual production. Pevernagie sees painting as a semiotic experience.
” Details ” and small items of life, which enclose us and which form the structure, through which we comprehend the world, build the cornerstones of his work. Repeatedly events from our collective memory are translated into his paintings. His artistic approach consists in hiding the subject in a singular environment.
His work is practically unclassifiable, as various currents seem to culminate in it. Characters are integrated in their environment by means of geometric lines and compositional planes. Figuration and abstractionism are forced to a compromise and highlight a wide range of emotions and reflections.
The material on the canvas and the color process play an essential role. The use of sand and metal filings, which gives his paintings their special texture, is in this respect illuminating. Representative is his dialectical approach towards “presence” and “absence”, which adds to the creation of tension that he wants to bring about visually and mentally. In his mind “non-painted” and “painted” matter are to be evaluated on an equal level.
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