May Newsletter at Deep West Gallery
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Deep West Gallery
I am being represented by a fantastic new gallery called DeepWest. It specialises in promoting high class contemporary art. My pieces are exhibited in the company of a selected very exciting and original pieces from an array of artists from all-over-the-world.
https://www.deepwestgallery.co.uk/pavszymanski

Malagasy Queen
Micheline lives on Madagascar – an island, which is famous for its wildlife and beauty. She is stunningly natural, pretty and used to be called a Malagasy Queen. Before the pandemic, she had a respectable job, good existence and worked as a teacher of French. Now, the dynamics changed. She is trying to rebuild her life, while looking for employment in foreign call centres. The beautiful background is a constant, but the reality can be a nightmare.

Captain Ahmed – Work in Progress
I have finally made some progress with my current piece. This breakthrough stage follows a long period of stagnation and uncertainty. Re: living my trip with Captain Ahmed and the danger of the experience of sinking on his little and crude boat has made me realise the importance of hypnotic repetition of daily survival.
I developed a screen with images of fish we both caught while struggling to stay afloat. I proceeded with a complex process of overprinting and stating each layer with ink – somehow trying to imitate the sophistication of glazing while using a range of water based media, including inks and water soluble pastels. More developments will come soon.

Malagasy Queen – Developments
I have started to introduce a range of vibrant details in the background space. The idea was to create a sense of cohesion and belonging. I have used a repetitive motif of a baobab tree, which is typically associated with this fantastic island. The current stage of the painterly process is below:

Love My Body – Critique & Final Documents

Final words from Lisa Galletti – the curator:
With this email I would like to thank you for participating in the Love my body exhibition.
I was very happy to get to know you and your wonderful art and to be able to write a really heartfelt critique for you.


Malagasy Queen
This is the first preview of my new piece inspired by Micheline. She is a French language teacher from Antananarivo. More developments will follow soon.

Love My Body @ MADSMILANO CATALOGUE

The full catalogue can be found here. My entry is on page 390:
Love My Body Catalogue
https://instagram.com/stories/lisagalletti____artcurator/2515450160632037251?igshid=fq6fx92cy5t0
https://share.icloud.com/photos/07I2xy78Ri3jLeMASJ3f3v9Hg
https://share.icloud.com/photos/086GyIlnz_5vPzfTr6srrJMaA
https://share.icloud.com/photos/02aEOhM8tOYkUmJVMA4HVNJXg
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0t7Eje97VvWJYJhGaFfIHaPEA
More to come!
Reflections on @madsmilano
When reflecting on the importance of the use of colour in my work, I was trying to analyse its impact on the mood portrayed and the perception of a viewer.
As a part of this critical process, I watched a number of videos from previous exhibitions. My attention was drawn to a brief narrative by Lisa Galletti, one of art curators at the gallery. The essence of her wise words somehow summarises my inner thoughts and feeling. Perhaps, because of this incidental cohesion of views, she contacted me to invite me to take part in “Love My Body”. I was truly impressed by her spoken narrative as follows:
“Colour as a visual perception of the various electromagnetic radiations within the visible spectrum reflected by bodies.
Colour as a natural or artificial substance used as dye or paint.
What is colour for you?
Colour that causes emotion, changes your mood.
Colour is in nature; in its indefinite variations.
It is a foundation of division of the world and, at the same time, a characteristic of it.”
Lisa Galletti @madsmilano
I include an Instagram post with her final video appraisal of artwork, she was responsible for as a curator. Thank you Lisa!

Video of My Work @MADSMILANO
Love My Body @MADSMILANO Private View @ 4 pm

The full video from the Private View can be watched here:
