In this body of work Mathilde Lefort follows the pictorial traditions of Rothko, Malevich and Soulages, offering doorways that open into a world beyond the visible. Extended to the viewer here is a space of contemplation – a filter for the mind.

Through the use of monochrome Mirror invokes the disappearance of painting itself in favor of object-painting. The artworks defeat the fictitious illusion of a third dimension and realize their own material reality, constructing an archetype of Zero form – a Nothing-Object containing infinity. The tension created between the flat surfaces and the appearance of negative depth engulfs the observer in a recessed space, absorbing them in an eternal distance.

These paintings offer nothing to observe besides the m own self. Black excludes the world, purifies the gaze and creates a psychological space where non-perception can only be reflected inwards, which is established by sensations, emotions and an awareness of the spiritual.

By providing this mirror to the soul of the observer, the works of Mirror offers themselves as meditations on freedom and mortality.