Veronika Holcová
FANTASMAGORIA

Opening Reception Saturday, November 24th, 2-6 pm

Christopher Cutts Gallery is pleased to announce its second solo exhibition by Czech painter Veronika Holcová.

This exhibition builds on her previous exhibition in 2016 where critic Žantovská Murray states the influence of Holcová’s new Canadian perspective as, “Internalizing Canada’s colossal scale and wild, near limitless landscape…”. However, this body of work “Fantasmagoria”, though richly imbued by the place of its creation delves deeper into the internal psyche of the creator. Attesting to Holcová’s alliance with Surrealist and Romantic aesthetic principles.

There are three distinct bodies of works exhibited:
A selection of works on paper which are characteristically “luminous, erotically charged and provocative”.
A series of paintings, primarily smaller in scale, which critic Jean-Michel Quirion describes as “Devoid of specificity, these entities seem to espouse a certain creative freedom, sublimely diverse and endlessly interpretable. These pastel-skinned, hybrid characters are born from interwoven forms that are both organic and erotic.”
And a group of larger paintings, the two largest which Quirion states, “offers viewers a dreamlike and idyllic landscapes whose hazy perspectives and atmosphere are clouded with mirages. Everything here seems evasive, constantly emerging. These seemingly fleeting proposals transform ambiance of the gallery, immersing viewers in an elsewhere, traversing dimensions that are both otherworldly and pastoral.”

This exhibition runs from November 24th – January 5th.