Looking Glass to show new works

De Bique is a selftrained artist “highlighting the lives and experiences of the new Caribbean millennial through visual art, graphic design and soon fashion”.

Explaining the concept behind Looking Glass, De Bique said in a media release that he decided to experiment with colour.

“After a period of creative block and a month of not producing new work, I decided to experiment with colour combinations. During that period, I realised because I didn’t require as much concentration, my mind wandered.

Subsequently, my thoughts influenced what I produced. Because of my moods, I’m prone to introspection.

Because of my memory, I tend to go down different lanes simultaneously.

And it was interesting what was being produced, so I continued, De Bique said.

“The name Looking Glass came about because what I felt and what the painting meant to me were vastly different to what others saw. Then I realised that every person’s life experiences, morals, values determine what they see.

So each one would be viewed from a unique perspective from person to person.” A definite departure from any of the more representational pieces he is known to create, Looking Glass, sees the artist stepping out of his comfort zone and working on material more abstract in nature, the release said.

A fan of mixed media and acrylic, the artist says the lack of formal art education has allowed him the room to express his creativity freely without feeling like he has to follow any prescribed tenets of visual art production. He loves applying mediums that produce a visual texture that ages the art immediately and creates an air of longevity and resilience.

De Bique’s vision is to create work for the New Caribbean Millennial.

He believes that so much of the work that is presented does not necessarily resonate with, or is representative of this generation.

He wants his work to do this, to foster a sense of fraternity. “For Us, By Us”.

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