Chambre des Députés

Charly Reinertz refuses to be limited to a convenient label, movement or practice. His work is deliberately liberated from the object – his art is a perpetual search for new subjects, media and techniques – and a testament to the Reinertz’s ability to overcome adversity. Indeed, when he was only 17, an accident left him without three of his fingers on his right hand, meaning he had to interpret the world with his left hand, with which he learnt to master the brush and the pencil. Today the artist paints and draws with both hands simultaneously, allowing the creative flow to course through both sides of the brain. Reinertz’s work continuously rewrites itself. Each new piece erases the past, the artist starts afresh, ignoring what he has done before. In doing so, Reinertz demystifies the act of creation and leaves each and every observer to soak up the expressive force of his works as dialogue emerges from their immediacy. Hence, perhaps, the naive impression conveyed by his Chambres des Députés.