Art Works Gallery continues its visionary mission to support the promising careers of exceptional young talents with an upcoming exhibition dubbed Perception. Perception aims to answer the question of how three young London-based contemporary visual artists articulate (or “perceive”) the visual representation of reality on the surface of their canvases. Running from 24 October to 24 November at One Holland Village, visitors will be allowed an insight into how each of the three artists — Araminta Blue, Callum Harvey and Max Boyla — offers a distinct response through their unique practice, challenging conventional notions of form, space and meaning.

With accolades to their name, each of these three artists have graduated from prestigious institutions and are now at the forefront of contemporary visual discourse. “I’ve been following the careers of each artist for some time now, so it is my pleasure to bring such exciting and talented artists to Singapore and South-East Asia, and introduce their respective practices to a new collector base here,” says Cassi Young, global fine art director at Art Works Group.

Here is an insight into the three featured artists of Art Works Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, Perception:

Araminta Blue

Araminta Blue’s artwork is heavily inspired by escapism, which is translated into otherworldly abstract shapes. London-based British artist Araminta Blue holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Slade School of Art and a bachelor’s degree from the Ruskin School of Art. Her first museum show — Il Calore Sulla Pelle — is currently on display at MARV Gradara in Italy.

Her immersive oil paintings take figuration to the extreme, involving abstract layers and textures that blur, dissolve, and re-emerge on the surface of the canvas. In this way, she invites viewers into her artistic act of creation as she reimagines the visual landscape of her canvas and how it can be used as an escape and protection from reality.

Callum Harvey

26-year-old British artist Callum Harvey uses soft colour palettes to depict architectural, spatial, and natural elements as he explores the transitional spaces where the natural and artificial intersect. His art employs layered, translucent paint to create dislocated perceptions of space that evoke surreal environments. Harvey’s debut solo exhibition was held at Pipeline in London in 2023, followed by exhibitions at Future Fair in New York and Pavilion Gallery in London.

Alongside a master’s degree from the Royal College of Art and a bachelor’s degree from Falmouth University, he has also received the Radcliffe Trust Craft Scholarship and the Arts Society Young Arts Bursary. Harvey’s work examines the tension between the natural and the artificial that arises from the interplay of a flat surface and representations of three-dimensional spaces.

Max Boyla

London-based artist Max Boyla explores the blurred lines between the real and the imagined, creating ambiguous worlds where recurring characters offer familiarity in surreal, timeless settings. A recent graduate from the Royal Academy Schools, he has most recently exhibited at Des Bain, Berntson Bhattacharjee, Sim Smith, Mammoth, APT Gallery, and the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Boyla’s recent pieces investigate the fictional landscapes of advertising and their unattainable promises. His works on satin possess an ambiguous quality that drifts between pure abstraction and natural landscapes, evoking a fluid interplay of sea, sky, and formlessness.

Perception will run from 24 October to 24 November 2024 at Art Works Gallery, One Holland Village, 7 Holland Village Way, Singapore.

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