vana presents recent works alongside a selection of earlier paintings. The artist works without any photographic point of departure, drawing inspiration from what unfolds on his table. The paintings are anecdotal and autobiographical, shaped by the immediacy of gesture and moment. Each still life layers fragments of language, coffee stains, scraps of paper, and subtle greys, evoking the illusion of piled books and cluttered tables. These muted, timeless works recall artists such as Corot, Vuillard, Soutine, Cézanne, or Corinth. vana (b. 1957) was the artistic director of croxhapox in Ghent for nearly thirty years.