Louis Appleby: Gestalt
The Shophouse is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in Hong Kong by British Painter Louis Appleby. Featuring a new body of work in reflection of perception and transcendence, the nocturnal scenery reminds one of the ephemerality in life.
Gestalt refers to the theory of perception that places emphasis on viewing the entire picture holistically rather than as the sum of individual components. The artist extends an invitation to view this new body of work through this lens.
Appleby plunges these new compositions into nightfall; a time when forms can appear to dissolve, merge, or reassemble to suggest new meanings. His keen observation of light is central to these pieces, which are less still lives and more worlds or theatrical stages that teem with atomic life.
A teapot is not separate from the moon above it. Its pitch-black porcelain is illuminated by it, its steam dissipating into the starry sky. Cast in silhouette, penetrated by darkness, or reflecting sparse moonlight, the objects within these works threaten to dissolve into the ether before they can be fully distinguished.
The Shophouse is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in Hong Kong by British Painter Louis Appleby. Featuring a new body of work in reflection of perception and transcendence, the nocturnal scenery reminds one of the ephemerality in life.
Gestalt refers to the theory of perception that places emphasis on viewing the entire picture holistically rather than as the sum of individual components. The artist extends an invitation to view this new body of work through this lens.
Appleby plunges these new compositions into nightfall; a time when forms can appear to dissolve, merge, or reassemble to suggest new meanings. His keen observation of light is central to these pieces, which are less still lives and more worlds or theatrical stages that teem with atomic life.
A teapot is not separate from the moon above it. Its pitch-black porcelain is illuminated by it, its steam dissipating into the starry sky. Cast in silhouette, penetrated by darkness, or reflecting sparse moonlight, the objects within these works threaten to dissolve into the ether before they can be fully distinguished.
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