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The oeuvre of Johan Scott is intense, where clear colours meet in contrasts. But the intensity is not discouraging, on the contrary, it feels warm and embracing. The fields are sometimes experienced as scratchy, and one can imagine how the hand slides over the surface where both peaks and valleys take form. Almost as if cave painting and graffiti have united and contrasted with this loud oil painting.

Like graffiti, there is a rawness and an authenticity here. But the big difference lies in the detailed work and how each brush stroke is laid with the utmost precision. Nothing is left to …