Johan Van den Driessche

Pensées et Visions d'une Tête Coupée

Olivier Smolders, Johan Van den Driessche

Christian Courtois, Alexandre von Sivers

The theme of death is heavily interwoven in Smolder’s surreal salute to Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz, a Hieronymus Bosch-type artist whose work centered on humans in various stages in torment, as depicted in expansive canvases with gore galore. Smolders has basically taken a standard documentary and chopped it up, using quotes from the long-dead artist, and periodic statements by a historian (Smolders) filling in a few bits of Wiertz’ life.