Experimental nominee

48"x64" - Lambda UHD C-Type Metallic Print (12 Editions) on Aluminium Dibond Board

At the centre of the inspirational image behind the artwork, a massive star is forming and blasting cavities through the clouds with powerful jets. Light from this star is mostly escaping and reaching us by illuminating these cavities, like a lighthouse piercing through the storm clouds.

Source - Hubble Space telescope, NASA


INTERSTELLAR:

Pete Rey’s latest collection is an artistic exploration of deep space, produced from inspirational images captured by NASA. The body of work transmits a mixture of serene and powerful movements, combined with a stunning iridescence of colours found in the wonders of our galaxy and beyond. It is Rey’s fourth art collection, following his first ‘Dimensions’, second ‘Paradiso’ and third ‘Atmosphere’.

Movement is a key component of Rey’s work, giving tremendous energy and a beautiful flow through each artwork. For his creations, Rey takes inspirational source images and transforms them into unique pieces of contemporary art through various digital painting techniques, before printing them in huge immersive scales. It is a process he has termed ‘Phototranscendence’, which creates strokes much like those of a painters’ brush, whilst preserving the original colour palette.

Inspired by meditational practice where one can often see auras and movements of light, Rey takes inspirational original source images and transforms these into entirely new works through digital painting techniques, producing breathtaking pieces of large format art. Throughout his work, Rey takes us on a journey, to blur the lines between known dimensions, creating unique artworks to represent the transcendence of energy flows into what is termed the ‘Quantum’ and beyond. Working as a digital artist but delivering his work as vast immersive prints, Rey breaks down the traditional separation between the digital and physical artist, using an array of digital processes to enhance his creative expression but ultimately produces works in awe inspiring, huge physical forms.

2021-02-05/10 - Fabula Exhibition | The Holy Art: Show winner with Kármán (Atmosphere Collection)