Expressionism, naïve art, raw painting... Joseph Bauwens' artistic work encompasses all these qualifiers without fully conforming to any one of them. A free artist, a free thinker and a passionate self-taught artist, his style is positioned on the fringe of academic codes. His painting is authentic, intuitive, his paintings are created almost by themselves, without prior planning. The work appears to his eye in the same way as the visitor who discovers it. This is what makes his brushstrokes so particular and recognizable among a thousand, don't be mistaken! Behind this apparent impulsiveness lies a real reflection on our society, the power relations, the aggressiveness of men and the conditions of our existence. This explosive and unique cocktail makes his work what it is, true to itself and unclassifiable. In short, it is Bauwens ...

- Simon Legros