The encounter with everyday windows and their interiors marked Laurent Dumortier first step into drawing. Night-time walks through Namur, Liège, and Brussels led the artist to see differently, to consider these windows as living tableaux. His gaze is drawn to shadows, light, presence and absence, sounds, colours, objects, and bodies. These elements—captured through observation, sketches, or notes—become traces of the "it has been," seen from the unique perspective of the "voyeur" he once was. Beyond what is visible, he reflects on living conditions, family memories, violence, and the aesthetic space of the home. The "visible" is questioned at night—as Michaël Foessel notes, "During the night, the gaze must embrace the unpredictable"—and his drawing unfolds in a tension between memory-based... Read more