Léopold Rabus

Léopold Rabus’s practice specialises in oil paintings and installations, mainly inspired by his immediate surroundings in the rural context of his hometown. Growing up in a family of artists, he was immersed from an early age in a world of surrealism that now characterises his oeuvre. Rabus’s figurative work depicts a reality in a spooky yet witty character. His paintings often portray individuals and animals in gloomy scenes where the boundaries of fantasy and reality are blurred. Essentially, the artist reflects on the way we qualify the living and aims to represent its essence in a way that language can’t, thus creating hyper-realistic pieces that are open to interpretation.