‘Chromatic Memories’ by Eric Peris (15 Sept 2024) Sutra Gallery

Dear Friends,
Eric Peris’ ‘Chromatic Memories’ at Sutra Gallery (15 Sept, 2024) was a good enough excuse to bring a significant arts community (circa 80s & 90s), for a treat of visual and narrated arts-journey get together.
‘Chromatic Memories’ is a series of Eric’s hand-coloured works some taken decades ago in Bali and in different parts of Malaysia. These nostalgic memory-pieces took on ‘a fresh remembrance of things past’, by the sheer power of suggestion of colours, hand-touched by a Master.
Eric invests soul to each of his works as they assume a certain aura, awakening an uncanny ‘deja vu’ within the mind’s eye of the viewer.
Sutra Gallery was abuzz with the intense camaraderie as artist-friends came to pay homage to O Don Eric Peris, a Malaysian icon of photography, who is now at the venerable age of 85.
Of course, Eric deserves all the love and admiration as he is the rare artist who has been true to his Art. Eric represents the spirit-beacon of what the Artist aspires to be.
Eric’s muse has always been his family - all his exhibitions have been dedicated to his late father, mother, sister and even to a long-lost brother who passed on before Eric was born.
It was simply touching, meeting so many old friends coming in droves to celebrate octogenarian Eric’s effort to continue being creative.
All the more amazing that ‘Chromatic Memories’ follows the trail of Eric’s year long restropective exhibition at the National Gallery that ended only this June, 2024.
Typically, Eric is already plotting energetically his next series of works, a joint exhibition with photographer KF Choy in January, 2025.
Make sure, you are in town to celebrate and experience the relished stunning life-cycle visual works!
Sutra.