Metaphorical images and magical realism take to the walls of the Deer Lake Gallery when a new exhibition opens next month.
Wrapped in Colour, featuring the work of Pepe Hidalgo and Maria Voronova, is set to run from July 9 to Aug. 6. An opening reception is set for Saturday, July 9 from 2 to 4 p.m.
A press release notes that the artists’ cultural backgrounds shine through in the exhibition.
Hidalgo is a Spanish-born artist “who applies a poetic and often metaphorical language in order to reflect on his closely related subjects of historic meaning and memory,” the release notes. “His work depicts a suspension in time; a cord always visible as a connection between the present and the past.”
Voronova is Russian-born, and her work reflects the magical realism of Chagall.
“Her work strives to nourish the soul of the spectator by creating compositions, according to the decorative discipline, with dreamlike images in which fiction and reality meet,” the release says. “Reflection of the beauty of the real is interpreted by Voronova into dreamlike, colourful works.”
Deer Lake Gallery is at 6584 Deer Lake Ave. For more information, see www.burnabyartscouncil.org.
