How do we know what we are looking at ?
With carefully composed images showing found situations, taken during daily walks part of a long physical rehabilitation process, Brussels based photographer, Sven Laurent is exploring the perception of materiality, value and legitimacy in contemporary art. Constantly oscillating between abstraction and representation, Sven’s work is inviting the viewer to question his own sense of aesthetics and the way he is looking at his environment. This new piece, called How do we know what we are looking at ?, is part of a series referring to the notion of ‘abstract landscape', transposing painterly concerns like surface, texture, and composition to intimate fragments of the urban environment.
How do we know what we are looking at ?
Pigment print, mounted on aluminium and wood
24 x 36 x 2,3 cm
Pigment print, mounted on aluminium and wood
24 x 36 x 2,3 cm
2026
Open edition
Signed & numbered on the back
963 € *
(1245 €)
* for early support orders before 10.08.2026.
Studio view
Finishing : Pigment print, mounted on aluminium and wood
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