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The past year, Hans Vandekerckhove has been working on a new series of paintings, mentally called ‘Voltaire’s Advice’. In his eponymous, ecological fairy tale, and after travelling the world, Candide concludes that we could better cultivate our own garden: il faut cultiver notre jardin.

Everyone can give their own meaning to this expression. Vanderkerckhove aspires to re-enchant the world through his paintings. Creating a paradise-like world with colour and shape in which looking at things leads to a connection with the origin. Looking at the world as if you were seeing something for the …