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Alice Gallery is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of Australian artist Rhys Lee (1975) in Belgium. The boxer takes the spotlight in the new series of artworks to be discovered. He symbolizes the virtue of tenacity in the face of adversity, a fitting metaphor to depict the ordinary struggle of some. The other depicted characters also strike a pose before the painter with a certain theatricality. The uniqueness of Rhys Lee’s brushstroke is striking: Intense oil colors compose the painting with wild energy. One instantly thinks of the expressionist style. And while, as with all …