Clearly inspired by 20th century surrealism and dadaism, Antwerp based artist William Fort (b. 1987, Le Chesnay) tries to explore the often playfull relationship between words and and their images in a post-internet age. Most of his work consists of incredibly detailed and figurative drawings which are paired with a more abstract drawing of their respective title. This way of working does not only create an instant recognisability or highlight the importance of titles in Fort’s work, but it also forces the viewer to do a double-take. Be it the humorous title, a oddity in the composition or both; he or she is always compelled to re-calibrate what he or she is looking at.
