Soggettiva Gallery now focuses on one of the most anticipated film releases of 2024, namely “Dune: Part Two”, the second chapter of the saga directed by Denis Villeneuve starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya and many others terrific actors.
Warners Bros has already announced the third chapter of the saga: English artist (originally from Sri Lanka) Murugiah – whose work will be exhbiited in Italy for the frist time – will pay tribute to Dune, together with a selection of artists including Adam Juresko, who has created two versions of a work inspired by Dune: Part Two.
The exhibition will also feature works dedicated to the first cinematic chapter, the version directed by David Lynch and the novel by Frank Herbert, a source of inspiration for all film adaptations.
From 27th February until 24th March 2024
“MURUGIAH ON THE DUNE”
Soggettiva Gallery presents, from Tuesday 27 February 2024, the new exhibition MURUGIAH ON THE DUNE, the first Italian solo exhibition ever dedicated to London based artist Murugiah.
THE PSYCHEDELIC ART OF MURUGIAH
Having studied as an architect, Murugiah has an absolutely personal way of understanding space: through the skilful use of a very wide range of color hues the artist manages to overcome the two-dimensional nature imposed by the paper support, creating colorful and almost psychedelic universes.
This does not prevent him from representing science fiction or even dystopian films (including The Holy Mountain, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange) and, above all, the splendid work dedicated to the desert future and inhospitable of Dune (directed by Denis Villeneuve), whose second chapter will arrive in Italian cinemas from 28 February.
The wait for this movie – starring Timothée Chalamet flanked by Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Charlotte Rampling and Javier Bardem and others – it’s such that Villeneuve, with Warner Bros, has already announced the third chapter of the saga.
NOT JUST DUNE
Other iridescent works of Murugiah on display include Death on the Nile and a work dedicated to the Cosplay universe. Finally the world of music will be honored with an illustration by Murugiah celebrating the first time Pink Floyd played live, on 21 January 1972, an album intended to make history, namely The Dark Side of the Moon, perfectly captured in its psychedelic elements.
DUNE IN EVERY SHAPE AND COLOR
Also on display works by other artists inspired both by the Frank Herbert novel which generated the movie adaptations – as in the case of the poster created by Nate Moon Life, designer of Baltimore -, than the first film adaptation by David Lynch, by the Polish artist Przemek Dêbowski. There will be works inspired by the two most recent chapters directed by Denis Villeneuve, respectively re-interpreted by artists such as Kirk Moffatt, creative and Northern Irish illustrator, by the London designer Kris Miklos and once again by Adam Juresko, who, making an imaginative effort, has realized an extraordinary representation of Dune – Part 2 that the public will appreciate even before the film comes out in theaters.
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