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​Sublime

​Solo exhibition at MUTE Gallery (2019) Lisbon, Portugal

The work in Sublime explores the relationship we as humans have with our surroundings and our perception toward forces of nature, exposing the fragility of the human condition. In times of culture shift, political confusion and ecological turmoil, the work operates on a level of cathartic release - an attempt to synthesize the paradoxical emotions that arise from constant exposure to news of catastrophe. In this instance, the notion of the Sublime is to function as a reference towards a point of awareness, a space of humility where the ordinary fabric of existence is torn apart, and the dialectic between exhilaration and uncertainty is revealed. Continually shifting in scale and perspective, magazine imagery of disaster is combined with popular holiday destinations, presenting us with a kaleidoscopic field of vision, interrupting the viewer's sense of spatial coherence. With an awareness of the fragility the media (both related to that of mass communication, and to the medium of paper itself) we are reminded of the implications and consequences of desire. The intention of the work is to provide a reflection of a contemporary explosion of a fragmented reality, one that continually drives us forward only to return to the ever present moralistic dilemmas that have shaped us before.

» Transcendental whiter smile  (2018)
​collage, glass wax, 97cm x 75cm

» Disentanglement (2018)
collage, glass wax, 96 x 85 cm

» The Centre cannot hold  (2018)
floral foam, plastic ring, magazine, plastic cup,
plumbing parts, 96 x 85 cm

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