The Soft City of Daytime Nightmares and Myths

The Pantheon Gallery invites you to the opening of a group Mix media Exhibition entitled “The Soft City of Daytime Nightmares and Myths” on Wednesday 7th of December 2011, 8.00pm.

“Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style, to describe the peculiar relationship between man and material that exists in the continual creative play of urban living. The city as we imagine it, then, soft city of illusion, myth, aspiration, and nightmare, is as real, maybe more real, than the hard city one can locate on maps in statistics, in monographs on urban sociology and demography and architecture.” - Jonathan Raban

Inspired by the authors quote – each artist will use their own technique to approach the concept of daytime nightmares and myths: characters on the outskirts, and places of memories and mystery that exist in the city’s landscapes of our society, minds and everyday routine. Through photography, illustration, collage and mixed-media, this group of artists are presenting work together for the first time: Faysal Mroueh, Julie Schleifer, Robert Der Arakelian, Zara Der Arakelian.

Faysal Mroueh
On the periphery of our society, or even unnoticed directly within it, an estranged community free of routine and conventional beliefs go about their activities.

Julie Schleifer
An effort to immortalize abandoned memories and dreams.

Robert Der Arakelian
Day jobs and every day life can be just as peculiar, haunting and as unnatural as your childhood nightmares.

Zara Der Arakelian
The mythological mermaid has now hung up her tail and is learning to walk through life; enjoying love, heartbreak, and reality.

Opening Hours
11:00 – 13:00 & 17:00 – 20:00