Patrice Valota & Aigana Gali paintings

In January, the Hay Hill Gallery presents “Quiet Days Under The Trees” the first exhibition of works by the French artist Patrice Valota in London. The exhibition incorporates artworks from the two striking series, “Arborescence” and “Expressions”.

Valota has chosen wax as his main medium. He paints with the flame of a blowtorch, mastering the fusion of melted matter and pigments to obtain a glowing surface. Wax sets off a very special light and gives unique depth of colour to his work. With both classical and contemporary influences, Valota plays on contrast, offers abstract and figurative works, mixes natural references with geometric lines.

In January 2011 the Hay Hill Gallery presents The Holy Garden an exhibition of works by Aigana Gali, one of the brightest young talents of contemporary Kazakh art.

Aigana’s paintings evolve from re-interpreting and questioning Christian iconography. Religions such as Christianity have always labelled saints and even God with a human face. On the contrary, Islam forbids any pictorial depiction of holy characters. This has always fascinated Aigana since she was brought in a family where a religious mix of an Orthodox Christian mother and a Muslim father has provided her with endless themes for contemplation - the nature of God within human beings.