Dio Horia Gallery
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Home
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
  • Art Fairs
  • Press
  • News
  • Viewing rooms
  • About
  • Contact
  • Store
Menu

Selma Parlour | Paradoxes of the Flattened-out Cavity

Past exhibition
26 June - 20 July 2015 Dio Horia Residency
  • Overview
  • Works
  • Installation Views
Selma Parlour | Paradoxes of the Flattened-out Cavity
View works

London-based artist Selma Parlour conceives of painting as a two-dimensional stage space that curtails fictive distance as it represents it.

The paintings in Paradoxes of the Flattened-out Cavity are meticulously rendered through transparent films of oil paint on linen. There are no visible traces of her technique, instead her delicate surfaces appear as though drawn or printed. The literal transparency of colour in these works borrows from the white primer beneath, as if lit from behind.
As this backlit quality is reminiscent of the screen, we are reminded of painting’s social function as a window to another world, one penetrable only with our eyes.

  • DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE IN ENGLISH
  • DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE IN GREEK

Related artist

  • Selma Parlour

    Selma Parlour

Share
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Back to exhibitions
Manage cookies
DIO HORIA GALLERY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2022
Site by Artlogic
Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Artsy, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
Send an email
View on Google Maps

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences