The Projective Eye Gallery, located in UNC Charlotte Center City, will present “Murmurs on the Other Side of Light,” surreal paintings of the life of the shadow by Guyanese artist Stanley Greaves from Friday, Nov. 22, through Friday, Jan. 3. An opening reception for the exhibit will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23.
A celebrated Caribbean artist, Greaves is known for a lifetime of creating surrealistic narrative accounts of Guyana’s politically tumultuous period during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. More recently, his psychosocially charged paintings have depicted shadow forms. In this series, the shadow has its own life, forever elusive and symbolic of the “collective unconscious.” These dark figures move with celebration, triumph and the playfulness of a child, presented from the wise and long-lived perspective of a Caribbean surrealist in his 70s.
In addition to the shadow plays, the exhibit will include Greaves’ politically charged earlier paintings, paying homage to the breadth of his work and his vibrant career as a maker.
Greaves studied in the United Kingdom and the United States, and he has exhibited in Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and London. His paintings are in private collections in Guyana, Venezuela, Barbados, Cuba, Jamaica, United States and United Kingdom.
The Nov. 23 opening reception will features a lecture by the artist and “shadow play” performances by local mime artist and UNC Charlotte alumnus Hardin Minor.
The Projective Eye Gallery, part of the UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture, is open seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.