Christopher Page creates illusiory depictions of framed paintings, windows, and mirrors, transforming architectural spaces into uncanny mise-en-scènes that blur the boundaries between interior and exterior, reality and painting. He employs a range of hues and tones to deepen his investigations into the effects of light on surfaces and the dialogue between pictorial and architectural space. The works are illusions - entirely flat, oil-painted canvases masquerading as joinery, glass, passe-partout, light and shadow. And yet, the paintings are not trompe l’oeil in the traditional sense. They hover on the edge of abstraction as much as they look to Baroque illusion.
Page's work encompasses both large and small scales, including canvas and panel paintings, as well as installations that use paint in different ways to derealize their architectural context. Beginning with the notion of framed space, Page's practice expands to analyze and problematize the inside and outside of that frame, particularly with respect to the ways in which light and its surrogates reveal and conceal. ...
Newchild was founded by Diego Castaño, Chandler Noah and Sarah Vanwelden in 2020 in Antwerp, Belgium. Newchild serves as a physical and digital platform for established and emerging artists whose practice is defined by conceptualism, narrative and an ambitious technical approach.
Newchild was created to cultivate cross-pollination and meaningful exchange, fostering a collaborative environment for artists to explore beyond their established modes of expression. It curates a regular programme of offbeat exhibitions, participates in art fairs globally and works in close collaboration with foundations and museums. ...
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