Relativity invites you to experience our perspective to a vision of a deeper reality
Miart brings together icons of contemporary photography, including Gary James McQueen, Derrick Santini and Dmitry Oskin. Brazilian sculptor Beto Gatti who recently collaborated with global brands such as Saint Laurent, BMW, Mercedes Benz and was the only Brazilian artist with an exclusive work of art created for the Qatar World Cup will be presented to the UK public for the first time. Miart Gallery has sought to connect the public with some of the world's most innovative talent and following the gallery's mission to support emerging artists, Reda Yazback, Yasemin Sazak and Kamila Krzyzaniak will have the opportunity to exhibit their artworks alongside world-renowned artists.
Gary James McQueen, nephew of the late fashion icon Alexander McQueen, has started experimenting various ways of applying artwork to finally realise a niche of optical-illusion designs. Constantly pushing himself and the boundaries of what could be achieved, McQueen felt personally compelled to continue his uncle’s legacy. Using the instinctive qualities that run in his blood, the artist has encapsulated the McQueen spirit through his discovery of lenticular artworks that bridge the gap between the physical and sculptural dimensions using the latest digital technology. Gary James uncovered this talent and has since surrendered to intuitive processes of memory and imagination seen in his multi layered 3Dimensional installations.
Derrick Santini rapidly evolved to become a voyeuristic in nature taking ultimate pleasure from stolen moments. Santini’s concept occurs to be telling stories through a perfect balance between a still image and an animation. His process involves photographing a continuance of still images of the human form experiencing consciousness and emotions specifically of love, sex and desire. These hypnotic illusions of depth and space are then brought to life. The photographer has since then reinterpreted his interests into his own fantasies. Santini’s advanced lenticulars have gathered a great deal of critical praise and secured collectors including Damien Hirst and Adele.
Dmitry Oskin will present works from the latest Illusion series. Oskin’s beetles - precious stones: sapphires, rubies, diamonds, alexandrites... and those unseen and undiscovered by others - minerals of Earth core, Universe core. Dmitry believes that everything in this world is connected and harmonious: in precious beetles - the arch of the sky. Everything is woven from brilliant Oskin’s beetles. The gentlest beetle is placed in the centre of the ornament, like a baby in a cradle.
Beto Gatti sculptures convey restlessness, it leads us to daydreams and reflections. With abundant references to time and technology, he makes intersections between these two elements that permeate life in society, while invoking tomorrow in issues that agitate him today. Beto, in practice, freezes the passage of time in his creations, while drinking from the source of spirituality and existential reflections. After all, the same fraction of an hour can be time consuming for those who wait, but it flies for those who are thirsty to produce. Beto, in practice, freezes the passage of time in his creations, while drinking from the source of spirituality and existential reflections.
Nature is an integral part of Yasemin Sazak practice as she finds introspection and connection in it. The artist's work constantly fluctuates between landscape and complete abstract. The Nordic landscape and the Mediterranean heavily inspire the artist. The differences between these two beautiful parts of the earth allow her to discover the similarities. She explores things like the sea's rhythm and contemplates the reflective qualities of vast spaces in nature, thus, relating the physical world with the mind and the spirit.
Reda Yazback is a contemporary rapidly emerging painter who explores emotions and volume within a state of immediacy. The young Lebanese Artist focuses on the realms of immediacy where his creations are prompt creativity strolling around his self explored movements. Reda has built a sense of diversity and characteristics within his art through his experiences and discovers one-lined abstracts of the human face. Creating with one continuous line concedes Reda to surrender to the quest and adventure his mind takes him to.
Kamila Krzyzaniak manipulates shapes and colours with agility although earth tones dominate most of her paintings, this artist is not afraid to tint her work in shades of blue or red, emphasising the dramatic, mysterious & mystic feel of her art. With their blase attitudes and their languid gazes, the women created by Kamila all have one thing in common: boundless power of seduction. This power is not due to their flawless beauty, but to magnetism that emanates from the subject.
