Polys Peslikas: Marine Layers at Vistamare, Pescara

Polys Peslikas, a Cypriot artist born in Limassol in 1973 and based in London, presents 'Stratificazioni marine' at Galleria Vistamare in Pescara. The exhibition features paintings that layer photographic fragments of marine life, sailors, still lifes with corals and shells, and empty stools, arranged serially with slight variations. The works, titled with allusions and ambiguities, complicate perception and open onto contemporary issues. A key piece, 'Sebastiane,' depicts a sailor in uniform from behind, referencing Derek Jarman's 1970s film where Saint Sebastian becomes a gay icon. Shells shift in meaning, distorting common perception, while still lifes acquire life and human forms through fragmented vision. Time is the central axis, marked by variation and repetition, with hidden narratives in each fragment like a pictorial palimpsest.