Exhibition
Tiers of Truths
1 Oct 2012 – 13 Oct 2012
Cost of entry
free
Address
- 36 Windmill Street
- London
- W1T 2JT
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Tube: Goodge Street Station
About
Tiers of Truths'There is no truth. There is only perception.' - Gustave Flaubert
Scene 1
White rabbits. Half a dozen white fibreglass rabbits. A girl climbs one of them. She looks dazed, lost in play. 'Al, stay still Al!' her mother said. 'We're running late, Al!'
Alice, is that you?
Scene 2
The big stupid smile said it all. He was dressed like a clown, acted like a clown and most of all he felt a clown. His life was one big tragic farce. The big stupid smile said it all but his eyes told a different story. A Story of pain, rejection and betrayal. Yet he had to put on a brave face, put on that big stupid smile and act. Ridi Pagliaccio, Ridi! Laugh Clown, Laugh!
Scene 3
It was 2:42pm. This is not the time for their lunch break for sure. They should be at work. Yet, there they were, still wearing their safety hats and fluorescent bibs, joking, laughing, drinking, smoking and celebrating. But what were they celebrating? Would Big Brother approve?
How many times have you been caught in the middle of a scene that reminded you of a film you saw, a book you read or a song you heard? How many of the books you read, the films you saw or the songs you heard have influenced the way you interpret life? Real life inspires us to create what we call art and in return, the art we create, the stories, the books, the songs, the paintings etc., all shape our own interpretation of life. Reality inspires us to create fiction and fiction alters our reading of reality.
'Tiers of Truths' is a collection of artworks inspired by real life events; scenes the artist has witnessed and experienced. The subjects, the people and the backgrounds are all taken from everyday life in London, Valletta, Essen and elsewhere. These scenes, these moments in time, are also a reminder of someone else's creation, art that has influenced the artist's own reading of life. Each and every painting represents one such moment, where fiction and reality overlap, creating a visual anecdote reflecting a multi-layered truth. Like a theatre, the canvas becomes a converging point. The script, the actors and the kaleidoscope of personal truths that both the artist and the audience bring, intertwine to be the starting point for a new dialogue.
