REflections – a collective exhibition by Tomas Hed, Kristina Huxley and Jane Birchall, opens next Saturday at Arthall in Gozo.

Reflections of what is given here, in our world, but also reflections of what is beyond and impossible to grasp.

Tomas Hed, with a more dramatic approach this time, presents (mis)conceptions of our daily mayhem but also delves into the unknown that somehow we all feel inhabits us.

Black canvases open up spaces that escape the usual scenery and allow narratives to be discovered and interpreted. Using Goya as a reference for some of his paintings, Tomas also explores the limitations of a world made up of our senses and the surrounding darkness.

Kristina Huxley participates with two paintings, Cataclysm I and Cataclysm II. With her artwork, one can clearly see “reflections” as a plain mirror and, at the same time, as an active generator of new, interactive and expanding realities.

At first sight, one might consider her paintings calm and still, but at a second glance, they become catalysts for debate, reactions and interactions. In other words, one can feel the transience in the permanent surface of the canvas.

Jane Birchall takes part in the show with ceramics. In her Lava Collection, textures and colours remind us of the natural beauty of Gozo; intense, arid and overwhelming.

Each piece is unique and cannot be replicated; hand built in stoneware with multiple layers of glaze and several firings.

They are named for an area or an event that it is associated with. The style of her ceramics is elegant, fragile and imposing at once.

REflections opens next Saturday, the 6th of January and runs until Sunday, the 28th of January.

The venue is Arthall: 8, triq Agius de Soldanis, Victoria, Gozo. Opening hours: From Wednesday to Saturday from 10-13 and 17-19; Sunday from 10-12.

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