AORA
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Clicking around the internet for inspirations, I discovered AORA– their website describes it as “a virtual platform that instills a sense of calm and wellbeing through the curated meeting of art, architecture and music.”
Their use of color induces a sense of calm and minimizes fatigue. Behind the introductory text, the background gradually fades between soft ochre and lavender, the colors that reminds one of our connection to the earth.
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What enlivens the atmosphere of this virtual space is in the playing with light and color. For stance, the varying shades of grey convey lighting conditions that also mimic the effect of a skylight. The neutrality of the color creates an ideal situation for viewing the artworks- at times darkened and other times lit up. The display does not occupy every single wall space, and the introduction of “emptiness” heightens the material quality in the works.
Stepping into the entrance hall, there lingers the flavor of being inside a modern temple, as a series of rounded archways embraces and shelters the visitor.
There are three galleries within the virtual space, to demarcate your arrival, it is nuanced by three different sound pieces composed specially for the exhibition. The collection on display comprise both abstract and figurative works. All the them are special in their own ways, I picked three based on their formal qualities.
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In the adjacent is Gallery 3, just before reaching the end, I notice Selection, partial movement, 2018 by Dashiell Manley for its formal repetition and texture made with layered paint. When zoomed in, one can see the artist’s use of palette knife for the application of paint and colors, in such a way its imprints become the motif competing with the pastel shades of yellow and blue. But the tension resolves in a rhythmic visual harmony.
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