Image: Eliza Wiszniewska, Let's get lost in the wild, mixed media on canvas, 2022, 135 x 135 cm
Opening: Friday, 17 November, 7-10 pm
Duration: 17 November - 1 December 2023,
Monday-Sunday, 10 am - 2 pm & 3 - 7 pm
Address: 276 Ermou Street, 1016 Nicosia (opposite the Centre of Visual Arts & Research - CVAR)
RIANA RAOUNA Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the group exhibition Almost Paradise with eight (8) contemporary artists from the international art scene. The exhibition opens on 17 November until 1 December, at 276 Ermou Street in the old city of Nicosia.
The exhibiting artists are: Eugenia Cuellar (Spain), Eliza Wiszniewska (Poland/Germany), Golnaz Afraz (Iran/France), Henry Glover (UK), Mia Takemoto (Scotland/Japan), Taedong Lee (South Korea), Thibaut Bouedjoro-Camus (France) and Dani Tagen (UK/Brazil).
Through 19 paintings and a musical piece, Almost Paradise aims to highlight the magic of nature and our multi-layered relationship with it. In a world increasingly consumed with immense challenges, the exhibition evokes a sense of delight, wonder and inspiration through the abundant beauty of plants, flowers and wild animals.
While the beauty of nature remains unmistakable, each artist explores its visual and conceptual representation through a different lens. Eugenia Cuellar turns her attention to luxurious settings and exotic landscapes which provide a psychological oasis and avail a sense of escapism from the worries that characterise contemporary life. Eliza Wiszniewska explores the role of nature as a healer and a home, inviting the viewer to surrender in the enchanting realm of plants, flowers and wild animals. In the expressive paintings of Golnaz Afraz, plants and flowers symbolise a safe place, while at the same time the artist comments on the vulnerability of the natural world. Henry Glover and Taedong Lee capture the poetic beauty of desolate landscapes and draw their attention to the potential of the landscape to reflect the vast span of memory, emotions and inner experience. As a British Japanese artist, born in Australia and currently living between Scotland and Japan, Mia Takemoto explores the notion of identity as being formed by the individual's movement and multiple displacement rather than being focused on the binary idea of "homeland" and "new land". Thibaut Bouedjoro-Camus investigates the inseparable relationship between humans and nature merging realism and symbolism in his paintings. The sensory experience of the viewers is further enhanced enhanced by Dani Tagen's sound piece, which evokes a deep sense of longing and tranquillity through sounds of nature and the artist's voice.
The exhibiting artists are: Eugenia Cuellar (Spain), Eliza Wiszniewska (Poland/Germany), Golnaz Afraz (Iran/France), Henry Glover (UK), Mia Takemoto (Scotland/Japan), Taedong Lee (South Korea), Thibaut Bouedjoro-Camus (France) and Dani Tagen (UK/Brazil).
Through 19 paintings and a musical piece, Almost Paradise aims to highlight the magic of nature and our multi-layered relationship with it. In a world increasingly consumed with immense challenges, the exhibition evokes a sense of delight, wonder and inspiration through the abundant beauty of plants, flowers and wild animals.
While the beauty of nature remains unmistakable, each artist explores its visual and conceptual representation through a different lens. Eugenia Cuellar turns her attention to luxurious settings and exotic landscapes which provide a psychological oasis and avail a sense of escapism from the worries that characterise contemporary life. Eliza Wiszniewska explores the role of nature as a healer and a home, inviting the viewer to surrender in the enchanting realm of plants, flowers and wild animals. In the expressive paintings of Golnaz Afraz, plants and flowers symbolise a safe place, while at the same time the artist comments on the vulnerability of the natural world. Henry Glover and Taedong Lee capture the poetic beauty of desolate landscapes and draw their attention to the potential of the landscape to reflect the vast span of memory, emotions and inner experience. As a British Japanese artist, born in Australia and currently living between Scotland and Japan, Mia Takemoto explores the notion of identity as being formed by the individual's movement and multiple displacement rather than being focused on the binary idea of "homeland" and "new land". Thibaut Bouedjoro-Camus investigates the inseparable relationship between humans and nature merging realism and symbolism in his paintings. The sensory experience of the viewers is further enhanced enhanced by Dani Tagen's sound piece, which evokes a deep sense of longing and tranquillity through sounds of nature and the artist's voice.
