3rd December 2022 – 8th January 2023

MONTI8 is excited to announce “Rapture, to be bolden in the blues and purples”, second exhibition of Lanise Howard with MONTI8. After a small presentation of the artist’s work in the Vista Project Space in July 2021, this new exhibition is hosted by the main space of the gallery from 3rd December 2022 to 10th January 2023.

On this occasion, Lanise Howard presents a selection of seven works, ranging from large-scale to smaller size, all made in 2022. As in the previous ones, these paintings investigate the relationship between human figures and landscapes, becoming even closer. Landscapes are not just a background but play now a main role on the canvas, strongly marking every scene.

As in all Lanise Howard’s survey, in this new body of works too men and women are always placed in natural settings, where there is no other element but nature or animals. Nevertheless, now fields and skies convey a sense of anxiety and suspense, as if something terrible is about to happen.

The idea of a new Apocalypse characterizes the whole exhibition. The figures on the canvas are threatened by a violent storm, they look surprised, but at the same time they don’t fear this storm because they know they will be able to face it and that a time of Spring will come back again The title “to be bolden in the blues and purples” refers to this storm: the blues represent the dark age our society is living in and the purples symbolize the return to a time of quietness and peace.