Shanghaiโs Fiu Gallery welcomes visitors to experience life in London โ roughly 5,700 miles away. Contemporary British artist Peter Judsonโs Wonder Around East London exhibition stays true to his playful, colorful, energetic style. Daily objects are transformed into โvisual energyโ that Judson uses to innovate and explore further, extending lightness, liveliness, and joy to visitors.
In Wonder Around East London, Judson hopes the audience can shift their focus from the functionality of the objects to the beauty of the artwork itself. โThere are two things I want to express, and I also want the show to work on two levels. Firstly, to create an aesthetically punchy and interactive experience that can be enjoyed by all. Secondly, I wanted the show to act as a catalyst to a way of thinking,โ shared Judson. โObservation is so profoundly linked with conscious and subconscious assumptions. I wanted to use color, abstraction, reduction, and scale as a way to break these assumptions and try to force the audience to view the world around us in a new context.โ
The ultimate takeaway is quite simple: โI would love it if anyone leaving the show were to walk home and begin to see the city they live in in a new way. To spot some minute detail they may have normally not noticed and appreciate it regardless of context. To see the object in isolation and maybe find a new appreciation for the world that we live in.โ
To learn more about Wonder Around East London, visit peterjudson.com.