'Above and Below' by Leon Aarts

Final Verdict: ★★★★½ (4.5/5)

A quiet masterpiece of Aarts’ oeuvre—"Ábove and Below" achieves what few expressionists dare: philosophical rigor through formal restraint. It is the hinge between his earlier chaos and later introspection, the visual equivalent of a held note in a jazz solo. Not his loudest, but arguably his deepest.

"Two worlds, one breath: Aarts paints the silence between heaven and hell—and lets the spiral fall."