With A KISS, A KILL, Sophie Recour presents her first solo exhibition. The title immediately captures the essence of her oeuvre: tenderness and violence, innocence and threat, desire and loss never exist independently, but are inextricably intertwined. In her paintings, these apparent opposites are not resolved, but placed side by side. What emerges is a quiet tension that sustains each work.
Working from her studio in Antwerp, Recour has developed a distinctive visual language in oil paint. Her paintings do not tell complete stories, but open up a space in which memories, emotions and associations can emerge. What is visible remains continually intertwined with what is left unspoken.
