Justin Chan

On the occasion of the new exhibition organized by M A D S Art Gallery, "ARTOXIC", the photographer Justin Chan exhibits five works with a common theme: the face Deformed, fragmented, geometric, bright, defined, bloody There are various ways in which we see these faces, which give us looks from different colors, shapes and points of view: after all, what means is more effective than art for processing negativity into something constructive? Constraint thus becomes liberation, addiction becomes self-affirmation, "toxicity" becomes a virtuous means to courageously follow the most authentic part of oneself. In "YOU ARE MY DREAM" - between polka dots, colored lines and geometric games that seem to fade the subject and, at the same time, redefine it over and over again - Justin Chan shows how our minds open up to suddenly revelations about other existences in the world we thought live in Observing "OLD FRIEND", that shows we have been visited for ages all along, we see a multiplicity of pink, blue, blue and orange microstructures, arranged in a symmetrical and sometimes non-linear, as when we place the eye at the end of a kaleidoscope. "WELCOME HOME" which, according to the artist, is Able to depict the belief that 'back to the future' is not a dream, has as its protagonist a skull that carries a military plaque around its neck, which keeps the theta bent over a purple and pink background. "WE MEET AGAIN" shows the arrival of negative emotions that is somehow governed by external influences, con un serpente dai contorni bianchi che avvolge la testa del teschio, tra macchie rosse che delineano la figura. In "THE GODDESS OF LOVE", where love actually comes in the form of a goddess, the artwork is between grey, white and black, with flowers that surround her figure and that seem to embellish her elegant shape even more Justin Chan manages, in this case too, to fully grasp the concept of conflict, showing subjects that struggle between present and future, between colorful and dark, between terrifying and fascinating.

Art Curator Sara Grasso