Information:
ADDRESS:
The Alchemy Experiment
157 Byres Road, G12 8TS
Glasgow
OPENING NIGHT:
Friday 2nd June 19.00-21.00
reserve your spot:
OPENING HOURS:
Monday - Saturday* 9.00-18.00
Sunday 10.00-18.00
Friday 9.00-21.00
ARTIST LINK:
GASTON WELISCH
A New World
12.06.23
02.06.23
FREE ENTRY
Gaston Welisch's work explores the stories of everyday people in mundane moments, capturing moments of joy and sorrow found in the passage of time. Welisch uses cinema-style framing to suggest a larger narrative beyond the captured moment, creating empathy and contemplation of the intersection between the viewers' own lives and the experience of this "new world."
"I am hoping to create empathy so that viewers can consider these characters’ lives from their own perspectives by portraying these people as individuals and not merely part of a crowd," said Gaston Welisch. "This body of work focuses on older people, and by emphasizing their gestures and expressions, I am attempting to encourage viewers to reflect on the full lives that these people have lived."
The photographs in "A New World" feature small prints on large paper like snapshots, while others fill the frame for larger immersive scenes. Through the accompanying self-published book, viewers are invited to delve deeper into the wider body of work and contemplate the fleeting moments captured in each photograph.
Gaston Welisch
2 blurry women, hand gesture
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
60 x 90 cm
Sundown
Oil pastel on paper 15x21cm
2022
(framed)
£295
Arms crossed, blurry man on blue pattern
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
40 x 60 cm
Abstract, man with canvas hat
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
40 x 60 cm
Cigarette, man at the train station
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
60 x 90 cm
A new world
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
60 x 90 cm
Cigare in the sun
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
60 x 90 cm
Takeaway, man eating a pie
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
60 x 90 cm
Worried man, worn sign and shadow
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
60 x 90 cm
Rug and magazine
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
60 x 90 cm
Out of focus flowers, a discussion
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
60 x 90 cm
Waiting for the bus, confusion
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
40 x 60 cm
Irn-bru, hat, and three men in suits
pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
60 x 90 cm