Gavin Chai, Yellow Night, 2023. Oil and gold leaf on linen, 45.7 x 91.4cm. Courtesy: the artist and Page Galleries, Wellington.

Gavin Chai captures fleeting moments. All the stars in the sky sees Chai turn his observant eye and skilful hand to illuminate even the sparsest scenes; a shaft of light through an open door, the geometries of shadows cast upon an empty hallway, the crumpled sheets of an unmade bed, a dark slither of star-studded sky through a window. Chai notices those things often overlooked by others, endowing them with a significance that is both beautiful and melancholic.

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