In Quietness and Light

EVENT DESCRIPTION

M+M Gallery presents In Quietness and Light, on view from July 5 to August 12, 2025. This group exhibition brings together the work of seven contemporary artists whose practices traverse the thresholds between natural order, inner stillness, and surreal consciousness: David Brian Smith, David Dawson, Francesco Cima, Joshua Raz, Julia Adelgren, Louis Fratino and Nino Kapanadze.

In Quietness and Light reflects a shared inquiry into the genre of landscape, through distinctly individual visual vocabularies and narrative strategies.

Julia Aldegren and Francesco Cima are guided by intuition. Their works create meditative pictorial spaces where nature and abstraction converge through a contemplative focus on plant life, spatial rhythm, and organic form.

Josh Raz constructs psychologically heightened visual realms through near-psychedelic color palettes and nuanced tonalities of light. His paintings lead the viewer into a dreamlike forest of the subconscious, with shifting patterns and watery textures.

David Dawson’s landscapes respond to seasonal shifts with a contemplative ease, evoking the serenity of pastoral life. In contrast, David Brian Smith transforms rural memory into a symbolic stage for emotional projection, drawing on folkloric motifs and densely layered brushwork.

The works of Nino Kaplandze and Louis Fratino foreground the interior realm of consciousness and feeling. Trees, figures, and architecture emerge as fleeting apparitions—less depictions than questions in flux.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Rooted in the transcontinental life experiences and aesthetic sensibilities of its two founders across Europe, America, and Asia, M+M Gallery is based in Hong Kong’s Central district. It serves as a cultural bridge between the West and Greater China, cultivating a globalized vision of art. Through its focus on domestic spaces, publishing, and education, the gallery invites audiences to reimagine the role of art in contemporary life.