Djos Janssens (Brussels, 1966) takes painting as a starting point for his site-specific interventions. Working with context, architecture and the public, and using techniques from the field of visual communication (lettering, lighting, silk-screening, etc.), the artist proposes a number of seemingly simple yet complex stories. Stories that question our vision and understanding, that make us think and, sometimes, smile. Her work analyzes the environment and society through the medium of plastic language, with the aim of upsetting the codes of consumer society. Among the works acquired for the collection are these mirrors with an engraved phrase. The mirror, such a fragile little object, contains all the principles of Djos Janssens’ installations. First, the enigmatic yet familiar phrases: “Basically, it’s very decorative” and “What do you expect from one day more? Clear, direct propositions, thrown out to force us to seek the meaning of the work. Hung too high for us to look into, the mirror is given free rein to reflect the architecture, the environment and the light. Djos Janssens is a multi-talented artist, curator and teacher of Formal Structure (drawing option) at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts de Mons (Arts²). He has been exhibiting in Belgium and abroad for over 20 years.