Haze

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Galleria Tilde in Palermo is pleased to announce the opening of the collective art exhibition "HAZE", which will be held from October 18 to November 3, 2024 at its venue. The exhibition features works by various contemporary artists, each of whom has interpreted and expressed the theme of "Haze" in a unique and personal way, crossing different visual languages and artistic disciplines.

HAZE evokes fog, both as an atmospheric condition and as a metaphor for an enveloping and elusive emotional state. In the artistic realm, it represents not only a blurred vision of the world, but also a mental state where thoughts and emotions remain concealed, hidden within the mind and invisible to others. This "fog" becomes a powerful expressive medium, particularly suited to abstract styles, where contours dissolve and reality is transfigured into rarefied and indistinct forms.

From a psychological perspective, HAZE becomes a representation of a perceptual alteration that obscures the clarity of thoughts and emotions. It is the state where the unconscious takes over, where dreams, memories, and repressed desires emerge in ambiguous and indefinable forms. In this sense, art exploring the theme of fog becomes a journey into the depths of the mind, a symbolic representation of what lies hidden beneath the surface of consciousness.

Adopting a multidisciplinary approach that characterizes our curatorial projects, HAZE evokes the indeterminacy of being, the difficulty in grasping the essence of things and our own existence. It recalls the sublime, that feeling of awe mixed with terror when faced with the unknown and the incomprehensible. The fog thus becomes a metaphor for the human condition, trapped between what is visible and what remains beyond our understanding, between the known and the unknown.

As a symbol of the "unspoken," of what is not openly expressed but still carries a strong presence, HAZE explores absence as a form of presence. In a world where much of human communication remains unexpressed—unconfessed desires, hidden thoughts, unshared emotions—art that investigates this dimension focuses on emptiness, silence, and pauses to evoke meanings beyond what is visible.

HAZE is therefore a way of conceiving art as an experience that transcends the boundaries of form and meaning, creating a bridge between different worlds and uniting visions and perceptions in a universal embrace. This "fog" breaks down geographical and cultural boundaries, representing a shared and common experience that invites the viewer to reflect on their way of seeing and interpreting the world.

Participating artists:

• Giulia Osella
• Maxwell Stevens
• Junija Galejeva
• Baiba Abelite
• Camilla Fransrud
• Marian Visser
• Wally Artiste
• Claudia Sabatini

Exhibition Dates: October 18 – November 3
Morning by appointment: 11:00 – 13:00
Afternoon: 16:00 – 18:30
Venue: Galleria Tilde, Via Giuseppe Pipitone Federico 48, Palermo

For further information, press inquiries, and details about the participating artists, please contact Galleria Tilde:
Email: info@galleriatilde.it
Website: www.galleriatilde.it