Red Elation Gallery is delighted to present the project “Legendary Nature” that combines sculpture by the well- known Italian artist Annalù
and the famous jewelry designer Jessica Fong. The exhibition, which
will open on Saturday, September 28 at 5pm, consists of an unique path
which shows the latest creations of both artists and where the vision of
the two artists takes form – opening a dialogue based on the common
themes of their inspirations and research: legends, mythology, nature
and spirituality; all developed from their own common ability to enter
into symbiosis with the natural environment, respectively through
sculpture and through jewelry.
In the two artists’ opinion, nature is a means for spiritual
elevation and salvation. It is a zero point from which humans come from
and to which they must return. The exhibition curator, Carolina Lio,
writes in the catalog: “The work of Annalù crystallizes in the resin the
essence of the four elements, in particular the fluidity of water. The
circular movement, that reminds of life’s circularity and of infinity,
is expressed through mandalas constructed by the flight of legendary
butterflies that do not really exist in nature, symbols of a perfect
freedom and lightness.” The exhibition has a strong mystical and
meditative character. The curator continues: “for Jessica Fong, nature
is the terrain of contact with a divine dimension where everything
assumes an order and a harmony, where everything is precious, where each
shape can become a completion of ourself, as through her precious
jewels. Her mission is precisely to give back to the world the
spirituality of our ancestors which has been lost over the centuries.”
The affinity of the two artists’ vision and ideas also
corresponds to the most frequently used symbols that identify their
languages: butterflies and lotus flowers. It is precisely after
observing this spontaneous coincidence that Grace Lee, the project
creator, decided to design this unusual experiment to combine in the
same show one sculptor and one jewelry designer, creating a bridge
exhibition between two creative expressions actually very similar but
rarely compared. Both sculpture and jewelry, in fact, are strongly tied
to matter, to their preparation, to their ability to forge the natural
elements creating their own idealized environment. In the case of Annalù
and Jessica, in particular, these are means to create a new legendary
nature that joins together the material and the spiritual component
inside each of us.
Their approach to the two disciplines is very similar to ancient
alchemy, in which, through the knowledge of physical matter, scientists
and philosophers of past centuries tried to reach one formula- a noble
and mystical solution for the total wellbeing of humanity. Their works
transcend the medium itself by which they are created and move on a
metaphysical field made by the ethereal contact between the physical
world and the soul. So, Annalù’s sculptures are not only sculptures. And
Jessica Fong’s jewelry are not just jewelry. But they become symbols
motionless and yet gifted with life. The exhibition should therefore be
seen as the unfolding of one of those ancient legends where magical
worlds were intended as a portal of communication between the earthly
and the divine and an enchanting nature used to form the background to
poetic and mystical tales.
Gallery Hours: Monday to Saturday, 12noon – 6pm (Open by appointment on Sunday and public holidays)
Free Admission
Enquiry: Telephone: +852 2893 7837 / E-mail: info@redelation.com / Website: www.redelation.com