SHOLTO BLISSETT – ARBOREAL
2023-07-10In Blissett’s practice, the idea of “landscape” does not only describe a motif or genre. It also refers to a historically constructed concept to be dissected, and a visual tool through which to reflect on the relationship between humankind and nature. His work, at first glance imbued with a serene simplicity, stands at the crossroads between his love for landscape painting, his university training in geography, and his experience of nature while strolling or fishing in his native English countryside. These various lenses through which Blissett contemplates landscape give depth to his approach. Informed by both observation and research and executed in a simultaneously naturalistic, fantastic, and resolutely painterly way, his imaginary, uninhabited biomes investigate how societies
perceive, construct, and mythologize the natural world.
Opposite – Arboreal I, 2023
Exhibition runs through to September 29th, 2023
Peres Projects
Piazza Belgioioso 2
20121 Milan
Italy
