New exhibition "A Million Dreams": exploring subconscious and reality
Blue II by Cat Brown, 2013. Pigment on Canvas 600mmx600mm
A new collection of dreamy artworks by Gisborne-based NZ artist and photographer Cat Brown uses images of flowers
submerged water, sunlight,, shadows, refractions, distortions and reflections as a way to explore waking and dream
states, the unlimited and the unknown subconscious which knocks on the door and asks, 'what is reality?'
The artworks, which are currently showing at Gisborne's Villaggio, can also be viewed online in Cat Brown's blog:
http://catbrownphotography.tumblr.com/post/67239585855/current and are ethereal in nature, peaceful, beautiful - yet on
closer inspection contain many layers of interwoven complexities and mystery.
"Can you ever really fully understand the depth of your own consciousness?" asks Brown.
Each artwork can be hung on any side - there is no up, no down, no right, no wrong.
Even the signature markings are on the back, "I wanted to allow the final collector of the piece to be able to position
their own reality in any fashion they chose, without any influence by me hopefully," said Brown.
"The flowers in these works, like we humans, are fragile and beautiful and have an expiry date, cut and on the floor of
my studio they start to wilt almost immediately, this is gritty day to day drudgery, but once submerged in water they
take on a whole new life, bubbles, ripples, distortions, they become infinite... this is the million dreams".
The one-off artworks are eye-catching on large square bright canvases in a variety of sizes and Brown has utilised the
latest pigment technology to create scintillating colour and depth in each stunning piece.
'A million dreams' by Cat Brown runs from now until 15 December and is on at Villaggio in Gisborne.
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