Guy Van Bossche
Publication
29,7 x 42 cm
2025
Publication for Wild Lemons, a solo exhibition by Guy Van Bossche at Keteleer Gallery with a text by Philippe Van Cauteren. @guy.van.bossche @keteleer_gallery @philippevancauteren
In the Wild Lemons series, Van Bossche adresses societal and political issues through an indirect, cryptic, yet always sharp visual language. Motifs like the lemon and melon, which in the tradition of painting refer to adundance, sexuality and exoticism as well as to transience, decay and morality, also become metaphors for the oppression of the Palestinian people. Painterly additions such as a stool, a leg or a pair of feet disrupt the visual tranquillity of the seemingly idyllic forest. This approach creates a sense of timelessness and eeriness, lending the depicted scenes a profound resonance from which personal associations and complex meanings may arise.
Publication
29,7 x 42 cm
2025
Publication for Wild Lemons, a solo exhibition by Guy Van Bossche at Keteleer Gallery with a text by Philippe Van Cauteren. @guy.van.bossche @keteleer_gallery @philippevancauteren
In the Wild Lemons series, Van Bossche adresses societal and political issues through an indirect, cryptic, yet always sharp visual language. Motifs like the lemon and melon, which in the tradition of painting refer to adundance, sexuality and exoticism as well as to transience, decay and morality, also become metaphors for the oppression of the Palestinian people. Painterly additions such as a stool, a leg or a pair of feet disrupt the visual tranquillity of the seemingly idyllic forest. This approach creates a sense of timelessness and eeriness, lending the depicted scenes a profound resonance from which personal associations and complex meanings may arise.
