A stranger in your land

Following last year’s solo exhibition Paradise Lost, Sean Gabriel Ellul will open his second solo show titled A Stranger In Your Land at So Galerie.

The exhibition will include large works on paper and canvas painted in Vancouver and Malta.

The theme of the work revolves around the intimacy of the human figure and the solitude-like nature of being. The human body, contorted and at peace, is used as a lightning rod to reflect and also question our emotional and physical needs and wants. The paintings are also linked by their focus on touch and the desire to touch; closeness and small spaces are drawn to induce a feeling of proximity.

Focus is placed on the beauty of the nude using warm colours and soft brushstrokes to emphasise the spiritual rather than the sexual. Born in 1971, Mr Ellul was brought up and studied in Canada, yet he is now based in Malta and Rome. A visual artist working in acrylic and mixed media on canvas and paper, his work has been focused on the human face and body – utilising various streams of media and iconography, such as street art, video stills, fashion photography and classical sculpture to portray a whole gamut of human emotions or their deficiency.

A Stranger In Your Land will run from September 15 till October 28 at So Galerie, Dun Karm Street, Iklin. Open from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. and from 4 till 6 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. (Sundays, public holidays and after hours by special appointment). For further details e-mail jsg@sogalerie.com