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Like hardly any other contemporary artist, the Belgian painter Michel Mouffe (b. 1957) transcends the boundaries of Minimalism. Mouffe’s canvases immediately emancipate themselves from monochrome austerity into a shimmering presence. Due to his unique working method, applying countless layers of paint, the colour effect of his works changes depending on the viewer’s perspective. Elements inserted on the reverse stretch the canvas partially outwards, creating an art that is neither panel painting nor object. It asks: What is surface, what is space, what is illusion? Whereas Pierre Bonnard …