Jan De Nys (b. 1949) is known as the former owner of the IN SITU gallery in Aalst and as the curator of various (municipal) exhibitions. A lesser-known fact is that he was also active as an artist from 1967 to 1987. After closing his gallery, he picked up his artistic practice again in 2015. What is striking is that, despite the long hiatus, his work is remarkably consistent. De Nys’s field of interest is the status of the image in contemporary society. He usually works with found photographs or images in the public space because they are often weathered by the elements. These photographs are superimposed so that a new image emerges which cannot be immediately deciphered. He begins by makinga manual collage – a sort of preliminary sketch – which is then transferred onto a computer.