JPS Gallery is delighted to present Autumn Dreams, a solo exhibition of August Vilella, on view at the gallery's Hong Kong location in LANDMARK ATRIUM. This exhibition marks the artist's first solo show in Hong Kong, showcasing a series of new paintings that feature his signature big eyed characters, guiding the audience to dive deep into their subconscious through their reflective gazes.

Working under the Surrealist automatism method, like his innovative predecessors, Vilella creates his paintings without any previous sketches or ideas. Instead, each work is painted from his subconscious mind as he accesses his material. From this process, he created his big eyed characters, who are spirits that came to his mind, introducing their dream-like world to the audience. In the artist's own words, "I don't choose my characters... in some way they choose me."

Haunting in their extraordinary and distinctive imagery, the presented works exemplify Vilella's ability to evince uncanny and stylized forms through precise explorations of colour and shadow, transporting the audience to an ultra-reality within themselves.

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