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Prologue Mitchell Villa: Mitchell Villa

Mitchell Villa art exhibit - PrologueMitchell Villa’s paintings defy the squar...
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event
Tue. May 21st 2019 - Thu. May 30th 2019 + Add to Calendar Fortune Gallery (All Ages)
tues-friday 11-5 sat and sun 12-5 monday closed Free

Artists

Mitchell Villa
from Victoria BC
Available for Shows/Gigs

Event Description

Mitchell Villa art exhibit - PrologueMitchell Villa’s paintings defy the squared borders and flat surface of their canvases, they reflect time as a sequence rather than a moment, and they stir the eyes and imagination. While Villa’s characters are vividly familiar, his interest is in the life more than the likeness. His bold paint applications, brisk brush strokes, obfuscation and distortion of his figures bring their, and his, raw inner energy through the frame. We do not see a distinction between Villa’s inner life and his subjects’ - indeed the role of the artist here is not the typical removed observer exposing life, rather Villa is the central confessor revealing it. He allows his life in the current to inform his direction. While it is clear that persistent themes and sens... more...

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Fortune Gallery

537 Fisgard St Victoria BC
V8W 1R3

Event Poster

Prologue Mitchell Villa: Mitchell Villa @ Fortune Gallery May 21 2019 - Nov 24th @ Fortune Gallery

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