Antoon Van den Braembrusse, art philosopher, says: 'In my opinion, Clarysse is one of the most striking, most intriguing artists in Flanders.'
Johan's work always grates a bit, is 'suspicious.' 'Suspicious', not entirely reliable, ambiguous. It is a common thread in the work of Johan Clarysse. This work is from the series 'Suspicious Minds'. They are multi-layered portraits of Joseph Beuys, Lou André Salome, George Sand, Gustave Courbet, Emil Zola, Carl Gustav Jung, Sigmund Freud, Pier Paolo Pasolini Albert Camus and others, celebrities who immersed themselves in the human spirit. Due to the interventions of the artist, you cannot immediately indicate what is going on or what drives the characters.