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The writer Catherine Hoffmann has written of Dennis Spiteri’s work: “These paintings come from a place of force and sincerity so very like truth, that at first their effect may seem uncongenial. They are works from music, connected, intense and logical. As fiats of force, they ask you to leave likes and dislikes out of their contemplation. You go to them and experience their deep internal activity, each quality as a pure feature of itself. They are always dogmatic and resonant in aim. The intent of the work is to face a reality that opens energy. No easy outbursts of exalted emotion, they nonetheless take you there. Their movement is through terrific contention, doubt, speed, opposition, then - light. There are no tricks, no easy anything here at all, but a logic that leads to supernova explosion... |
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