LEARN FROM YESTERDAY, LIVE FOR TODAY

2024

80x100x4CM

Acrylic/spraypaint on canvas

Authenticity Certificate

In “Learn from Yesterday, Live for Today,” Léonce Lemmens’s engagement with color and texture reveals her masterful control over the canvas. The piece is layered with expressive gestures that range from soft, almost whispering brushstrokes to bold slashes of crimson and violet. The composition has an underlying tension; it is as if the past, represented by the darker and more muted tones, is wrestling with the brighter hues of the present. Her use of negative space is striking, allowing areas of the canvas to breathe while simultaneously drawing the viewer’s gaze into the densely layered sections. This interplay between absence and presence mirrors the title’s thematic implication—a meditation on memory and immediacy, on holding the past while fully engaging in the present.

Art Critique by Contemporary Art Collectors | November 2024