Slo, 2017: Pxl Hasselt: Teacher In Visual And Audiovisual Arts
Current residency: VONK Kunstenwerkplaats
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Jorden Boulet is a painter who works project-oriented. Although his work and working method can differ visually
depending on time, space and context, there is a coherence through the constant reference to the idea of paradise.
White beaches, palm trees, a beautiful setting sun: these are (clich ) images that evoke an atmosphere of happiness
and joy, idyll and perfection. Boulet is fascinated by this visual culture and its use in our society. Kitsch, decadence or
deceit are never far away. His work is therefore full of contradictions: beautiful dream images with a more negative
or melancholic connotation. They stimulate an intangible longing or refer to dramatic events. The contradiction is
also literal in his extreme use of colour, a consequence of his own colour blindness.