The Artists, each in a different stage of their careers, have a visuality strongly rooted in the language of graphic street art and urbanism. As Far As Forever Will Take Us brings the artists together to collaborate and converse, through painting, the strange concept of forever. For Paul Senyol, the exhibition title calls to mind larger questions about how far is forever, when would this eternity begin, and whether it is a communal or individual journey. The concept of forever, for Elléna Lourens, takes on a soft romantic meaning which suggests young love, promises made and broken, and the way in which intimate moments can make time feel irrelevant. This contrasts with the exuberance and nostalgia of the scenes depicted by Keya Tama; where forever seems to collapse in upon itself and the past, present, and future are all occurring at the very same moment.
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Elléna Lourens, Keya Tama, and Paul Senyol working on projects in their studios and on site.
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Elléna Lourens, Keya Tama, and Paul Senyol working on projects in their studios and on site.
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Elléna Lourens, Keya Tama, and Paul Senyol working on projects in their studios and on site.
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Elléna Lourens, Keya Tama, and Paul Senyol working on projects in their studios and on site.
Elléna Lourens and Keya Tama working collaboratively on a mural.
“My main intention when putting together the body of works for this exhibition was to find moments where time is irrelevant. The moments between the moments.”
- Elléna Lourens
“This body of work explores the relationship between time, love and presence. I was inspired by nostalgia and its distilling effect on the moments of presence that define my life. The work points to the realities we lend tenderly to those we love, reaching across the much older and younger infinite time lines of history and potential.”
- Keya Tama
PAUL SENYOL
As Far As Forever Will Take Us, 2021
Mixed media on canvas
1525 x 1825 mm Framed
PAUL SENYOL
Borrowed Moon, 2021
Mixed media on canvas
1225 x 1425 mm Framed
“I came up with the title while reading a couple of books on the afterlife and eternity, and the title stemmed from a combination of words and phrases which stuck out to me while reading those books. The thought and idea being how far is forever, and when would it start, also the notion of it being a communal/together concept rather than an individual pursuit.”
- Paul Senyol