Small in scale, yet representing vast worlds, Christopher Orr`s (b. 1967, Helensburgh) paintings juxtapose various figures with an ambiguous undercurrent.

The narrative of his microcosmic depictions is built from imagery of a different time – archaic books and photographs, in which history is embedded.

However, by allowing the dissimilar elements to reveal and relocate themselves instead of determining their definite position, an array of phantom like, residual shapes emerge. This renders the works esoteric quality, uncanny atmosphere.

The monochromatic surrealistic compositions created in Budapest invite the viewer to embark on an intuitive process, the quest of understanding - the very painting we are looking at, art in general, and in the end, the whole world and its physical and psychological complexities.

Christopher Orr is represented by IBID Gallery, Los Angeles. He lives and works in London.

Venue:
Art Factory
1138 Budapest, Váci út 152-156. 
by car: 1138 Budapest, Vizafogó utca 2.

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