The Corner Of Your Eye

About

On May 25, 2016 the work of digital photographer T-Mo Bauer and classical painter Anastasia Belous will come together in an exhibition at Gallery 54 in Mayfair. The two artists will present work from each of their latest bodies of work (as well as collaborative pieces) in an exhibition that fills three rooms with their visual curiosities.  

Titled  “The Corner of  (Y)our Eye”, Bauer and Belous invite the viewer to explore the  drastically different yet subtly compatible way the two artists observe their worlds. Through their chosen media, they bring to life moments otherwise glimpsed fleetingly in the periphery.

A native of Vienna, T-Mo moved to London as a studio here after over a decade in NYC. His process is one of continuous material experimentation. A licensed pyrotechnician and accomplished photographer. T-Mo marries the two practises to create his own visual language. Although his works are highly technical, the viewer will note, upon further appraisal that they contain much that is organic and visceral. While there is nothing random about the final result, the person taking in the work may question whether what they see is an intentional part of the composition or apparition they have injected. 

Belous is a self-taught visual artist from Kiev, Ukraine. She has lived in London for ten years, in which time she studied Art History at University College London. Belous says that she spends many hours at her old fashioned easel in a quest to bring together the beautiful and the curious. She successfully consolidates the two in her figurative paintings Like T-Mo’s work, Belous’ paintings are enigmatic in that they lend themselves to abstraction as well as straightforward representation. This body of work uses mostly oils and showcases Belous’ imaginative approach to rendering the artist’s favourite subject matter : the human body. 

T-Mo and Belous’ friendship is rooted in a shared passion for the visual arts  While Belous’ work describes the physical world, T-Mo’s imagery immortalises both the digital and ephemeral. However, the artists come together in their reflections on the theme of extra-bodily experience and the place of humans in both the tangible and metaphysical worlds.  Belous’ oil paintings bring a corporeal complement to T-Mo’s elusory flashes. While T-Mo’s work often seems to conjure galaxies far away, Belous’ fleshly figures illustrate the earthly plane. Brought together, the two visionaries present us with an alternate realm.  A place best viewed out of the corner of one’s eye.