Tom Colaux, a Belgian artist at the intersection of painting, photography, and audiovisual creation founded the agency CLXpictures and, for over ten years, Colaux has been developing a raw, instinctive, and visceral artistic language.
After a deep personal rupture, painting became his outlet. He paints like one writes in the dark — with no plan, no sketch, no filter. The faces emerge like ghosts he wasn’t expecting — but who already knew everything about him.
His canvases are filled with colorful faces, sometimes grotesque, often unsettling, appearing in a controlled chaos. They reflect the tension between the intimate and the social, between appearances and the silent scream within.
Tom Colaux: "Reading Journey to the End of the Night by Céline deeply influenced me. That novel taught me to paint what I feel, not what is expected of me — to go straight to the point, without decoration or compromise."
"I often accompany my work with short literary fragments“We pretend to be humble in those moments. But I went for a walk with them, and modestly, they advised me. I didn’t really know what to expect, and I kept saying good evening with the same enthusiasm, knowing no more than before.”
Between disillusioned poetry and tender lucidity,Tom Colaux traces — canvas after canvas — a map of the human condition.
Size: 100 x 120 cm
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