Irène Laub gallery is pleased to announce the next solo show of the Belgian artist: Gauthier Hubert This second solo exhibition presents a new series of fascinating characters in immersive colours. Gauthier Hubert’s paintings, combining a strangeness of form with perfect technique, create a mixed feeling of seduction and discomfort.

Gauthier Hubert was born in 1967 in Brussels (BE). He won the 1999 « Prix de la jeune peinture belge » and has since shown his work in international group and solo shows, mostly in the UK, Iceland and Belgium. Language is essential in Gauthier Hubert’s works; the title frames the pictorial subject or precedes it, in a constant back and forth between text and image. The title is a primary element of the work and creates a constant back and forth between word and image. Situated in a satirical dialogue with art and history, Gauthier Hubert’s paintings are extremely referenced, interspersing their composition with clues, jokes and visual puns. The treatment and choice of subject often lead to a deeper examination of the pictorial discipline – for Gauthier Hubert, painting is a pretext to talk about painting.

Opening with the artist the Thursday 7 Septembre from 5pm to 9pm.

Image © Gauthier Hubert, Une mouche rousse sur une moche rousse, 2023, Oil on canvas, 35 x 25,5 cm