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“Laval, a town located by the Loire Valley, is the birthplace of the French painter Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), and to a certain extent, the origin of his works. Taking Laval as a theme and Rousseau’s paintings as a point of departure, I began to unfold my work revolving around the formation and the context of Rousseau's practice.

'How is a work born?' is a question I am constantly thinking about. Through my experiences and interpretations of the time, emotion and spirit in Rousseau’s work, I expand on the discussion of how my perceptions as a painter of another painter's work …