Figurative

Alongside abstraction, figurative art plays an important role in the works collected and presented at Artodomo. While many twentieth-century artists moved toward non-representation, others continued to explore the human figure, everyday life, and symbolic imagery as a starting point for painting.

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The figurative artists represented by the gallery often approach the image in a personal and expressive way. Rather than describing reality literally, they reinterpret it through gesture, colour, and atmosphere.

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Artists such as Jan Cox and Marc Mendelson developed powerful figurative languages rooted in myth, history, and human psychology. Their paintings place the human figure at the centre, often combining classical references with a modern painterly freedom.

A more raw and expressive direction appears in the work of Fred Bervoets and Philippe Vandenberg, where figures, symbols, and text become part of intense and emotionally charged compositions.

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Other artists, such as Pol Mara and Jean Milo, approach figuration with a strong sense of image and narrative, often balancing between representation and stylization.

Artists like Jan Yoors and Walter Swennen move more freely between image, symbol, and personal visual language, creating works that combine figuration with elements of abstraction and poetry.

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What connects these artists is their belief that the image — whether a human figure, a face, or a symbolic form — remains a powerful way to explore human experience.

At Artodomo, these figurative works exist alongside abstract painting, offering another way of understanding the modern artistic landscape: one where the image continues to evolve, adapt, and carry meaning.