copyright SILVIA SUN 2026
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Language, writing and music play an important role in Sun's work. The
current images pass through segments of a street sign painted in orange
neon letters: It is a reassuring call to the people of Hawaii to remain calm on
the occasion of a panic-inducing nuclear false alarm - "There is no threat" -
there is no danger. "The world is in its existence as threatened as never
before. Great care is needed to survive real and metaphorical journeys.
The works were inspired by Nick Cave: “Push the Sky Away”,
Jarvis Cocker, “Drive Safely, Darling”, Chilly Gonzales, Jarvis Cocker: “Room 29
Silvia Sun's paintings take us on an imaginary journey through an elusive
present, inspired by devastating storms and catastrophes.
As once for Hamlet, time seems to have gotten out of joint. Fragility and
uncertainty about the future of the individual as well as the global one are
growing.
Silvia Sun's works are a commentary on the current state of the world. The
images, produced in contrasting tones and different techniques, depict skies,
horizons, crumbling facades of civilization, threatened, devastated paradises
with bent, curved palms that defy tropical storms, with stray animals,
seekers, and survivors - a current variant of Milton's “Paradise lost ".
Drive safely, Darling
