STUDIO GERY DE SMET

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Gery De Smet (°1961, Merksem, BE) studied painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent and HISK, winning the Young Belgian Painting Prize in 1992. He lives and works in St.-Amandsberg (BE), exploring various media alongside painting. De Smet approaches painting like an archivist or archaeologist, examining what connects or divides people. His series often highlight humanity's need for folklore, heroism, nationalism, and self-deception, tackling themes like deception, manipulation, propaganda, and ideology with irony.