This abstract artwork features a vibrant display of colors, shapes, and textures. The composition is divided into two distinct panels, each with its own unique visual elements. The left panel showcases a dreamlike, ethereal figure with a distorted, almost ghostly appearance, while the right panel presents an organic, amorphous form with intricate patterns and textures. The artist employs a bold, expressive brushwork, creating a sense of movement and emotional intensity. The overall style and technique suggest a departure from traditional representational art, inviting the viewer to engage with the work on a more intuitive, emotional level. The context of this piece may reflect the artist's exploration of the subconscious mind or a unique personal interpretation of the human experience. ...
Manuel Mathieu is a multidisciplinary artist, working with painting, drawing, ceramics, and installation. His work investigates themes of historical violence, erasure and cultural approaches to physicality, nature, and spiritual legacy. Mathieu’s interests are partially informed by his upbringing in Haiti, and his experience emigrating to Montréal at the age of nineteen. Freely operating in between and borrowing from numerous historical influences and traditions, Mathieu aims to find meaning through a spiritual or asemic mode of apparition. Mathieu has developed a distinctive abstract visual language, used to create phenomenological encounters that confront our didactic traditions. Amorphous forms vacillate and dissolve into one another, creating boundless landscapes traversable through desire. Through his quest for meaning, transparency and openness he undertakes a process of discovering his work, as opposed to creating it; by doing so the work holds its autonomy and can be assimilated into a space of collective consciousness. The vibrational effect of his work elicits physical and emotional frequencies that offer alternative methods for navigating the world. ...
Pilar Corrias Gallery is a contemporary art gallery owned by Pilar Corrias. The 3,800 square foot gallery in London's Fitzrovia, designed by Rem Koolhaas, is made up of two exhibition spaces, located in the heart of London's West End. Pilar Corrias opened a second London gallery space at 2 Savile Row in July 2021, designed by London and Oslo-based architect firm Hesselbrand. Since its inception, the gallery has worked with emerging and established artists with the central aim of allowing their work to grow both in terms of production of new projects and the making of new exhibitions. Pilar Corrias now represents a total of thirty-two international artists, two-thirds of whom are female. ...
