Nic Bevers
Nic Bevers is a figurative painter whose practice explores the fragmented stories of imagined lives, drawing on discarded objects, photographs, and letters as starting points. Through these remnants of the past, Bevers creates para-fictional narratives that give voice to lives interrupted, futures unrealized, and histories left unresolved. The works exist at the intersection of the tangible and the speculative, transforming forgotten ephemera into portals of possibility and mystery.
Bevers’ paintings do not provide complete narratives but instead invite viewers to navigate the blurred line between fiction and reality. Figures, places, and moments emerge on the canvas with a sense of familiarity, yet their stories remain deliberately ambiguous. The sequential arrangement of paintings evokes a sense of unfolding time, constructing a loose chronology that suggests events without fully defining them. This fragmented storytelling allows for personal interpretation, while still retaining an undercurrent of tension, loss, and longing.
Through their work, Bevers examines the human compulsion to find meaning in the incomplete. The paintings invite reflection on themes of memory, impermanence, and the speculative nature of history. By imbuing discarded fragments with new narratives, Bevers resurrects the overlooked and forgotten, offering a poignant meditation on the lives we imagine and the stories we leave behind.
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Exhibitions at miłość:
I’m so gay for you | Paul Arthur, Nic Bevers, Maite de Orbe, Lucy Deverall, Gosia Kołdraszewska, The Lezbag & Polly Mortimer, Jan Możdżyński, Maddy Rowley, Olivia Sterling, Rosie Thomas, Sophie Vallance Cantor, Sophie Willison | 14 Feb - 15 Mar
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