‘Saint Waudru and her daughters visiting the prisoners’ after Antoine Van Ysendick, 1850 / Andrea Ravo Mattoni

To create a dialogue between the past and the present, the artist combines academic learning techniques and the use of spray paint, classical works and accessible media. The project can be summed up as follows: reproduce the paintings of classical art on large walls, visible to all. Each work chosen has a specific link with the area in which it is reproduced, providing an opportunity to re-establish a dialogue between classicism and contemporary art. The utopia that emerges is that of a great open-air art gallery, with works that until now have been exhibited and ‘locked up’ in the halls of the world's greatest museums.

"For this project in Mons, I decided to paint Antoine Van Ysendick's “Sainte Waudru et ses filles visitant les prisonniers” on a large wall. Sainte Waudru is the city's patron saint, and the painting is in the Collegiate Church opposite the wall. It seemed obvious to me to highlight this masterpiece’.