Houses, Cars & Cigarettes

A house. A car. A cigarette. Three everyday objects so familiar that we barely notice them anymore. Yet each carries a world of habits, desires and expectations. About In 'Houses, Cars & Cigarettes', Thierry Grootaers, Koen Wastyn and Peter Lagast explore the visual language of everyday life. Using existing images, objects and familiar motifs, they transform the ordinary into something unexpected through painting, erasure and reinterpretation. Thierry Grootaers draws on his immediate surroundings, creating layered compositions in which houses, interiors and everyday objects become ambiguous spaces between reality and imagination. His paintings and sculptures challenge conventional notions of perspective, scale and representation. Koen Wastyn reworks vintage car advertisements from the 1960s and 1970s. By painting over photographs while leaving selected details visible, he transforms images of progress, freedom and consumption into minimal, enigmatic compositions where past and present coexist. Peter Lagast uses vintage LP covers as canvases, intervening in their original photography, typography and graphic design. Through painting, he transforms mass-produced objects into unique artworks, creating new associations between image, text and popular culture. Read more Toggle Mixed media Painting Sculpture