JD Malat Gallery is proud to present RENAISSANCE, the much-anticipated comeback exhibition by Conrad Jon Godly. Spanning over two floors of the London gallery, this is Godly's largest body of work to date. Not only is this the renowned Swiss artist's first exhibition in four years, but it also bears the title Renaissance as a declaration of his return and form of 'rebirth'. Indeed, in the artist's own words "after four years, when I was closer to death than to life, I feel reborn".
Godly's photography background is irrevocable in these new paintings, his handling of light and perspective is brilliantly realistic and at times, might be mistaken with a photograph itself. Having said this, his ability to blend a mere landscape scene into an abstract rendition of a spiritual state is what makes Godly's works so strong and universally resonant. Although we are faced with simple mountains, what we really see can become utterly subjective and personal. The artist paints so much more than a mountain, he paints how nature makes us feel and think. In light of his own personal experiences in the last few years, this existential factor cannot be denied.
