F. J. Featham is one of the invited artists whose work will appear at the international exhibition "ALDILA'" (Beyond), at the M.A.D.S. digital art gallery in Milan and the Canary Islands from 22 to 31 October 2021.
ALDILA in Italian means the world beyond
In a passage of his essay entitled “The world as will and representation” Adam Phillips states that “It is Maya, the deceptive veil, which envelops the eyes of mortals and makes them see a world of which it can neither be said to exist, nor not exist; because she resembles the dream, resembles the reflection of the sun on the sand, which the pilgrim from afar mistakes for water, or also resembles the rope thrown to the ground, which he takes for a snake”.
It is possible to affirm that art itself is a world beyond. Its aim, and that of the artist, too, is to represent the world and its creation not as we can see it but in a personal interpretation. So we can say that art represents the artist’s reality; his truth; the world beyond the thin layer, and which each of us wants to reach.
