philthosophy

we are invited to the opening

of Betra Fraval’s painting exhibition “Unstable Ground” on Wednesday 18 June from 6:30 – 8:30 pm Victoria Park Gallery, 250 Johnston Street, Abbotsford. Nature is unpredictable, all matter is alterable, subject to decay and elements can be broken down and reconfigured to create new structures. This show explores the cycle of matter; how it forms, grows, breaks down, decomposes and reforms once again. There is a strange beauty in unstable and constantly shifting forms. How natural disasters expose the fragile nature of solid objects. What is left when a house is broken down by a hurricane or a sturdy ship fractured by a storm. These seemingly permanent objects are exposed as an unstable mess of particles. No matter how strong, objects are no match for the inevitable ravages of change. The exhibition will comprise of a series of paintings that explore how matter dissolves, shifts and yet even when blown apart, never completely disappears.