Sulette, whose next exhibition will be a solo show with the Blond Contemporary gallery in London’s West End, is known for paintings that resemble collages of charged scenes with a surrealist slant, painted with precision and eloquence.

Titled Drift, this exhibition encourages the viewer to step into an imagined space.

“To Drift is to be carried along by currents of water or air, or by the force of circumstances. In physics, drift is the movement of charged particles under the influence of an electric field.

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The digital age can be described as liquid. We have created an echo chamber for images that refuse to dissolve into the ephemeral. We are drifting on a cultural margin that is creative but also enveloping us, like a wave of data.
Drift is a metaphor for a skilful way to approach the conditions of current visual culture. A race car driver exploits the creative potential of drift through a driving technique, intentionally oversteering a car to make it skid sideways through a corner while maintaining control. As a painter, I have to navigate around corners in the virtual and physical world of visuals. It is about developing a practice and allowing the currents to influence the sideways motion of making art. It is intuitive and intentional.

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I want the viewer to step into a strange garden that mirrors and reflects the paintings I made, but also allows them to see a part of my subconscious, to drift into an imagined space.”

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