Norman Hyams – ΠΝΕΥΜΑ PNEVMA

Norman Hyams scrutinised everyday life through enigmatic and highly personal paintings and sculptures. Often working from singular photographs of his past that intrigued him, Hyams reworked them into a series of recurring motifs that dance the line between daydream and memory, a process he described as 'teaching himself how to see'. In each case a history is told, a narrative beckoned. His work contrasted the boisterous and nocturnal energy of the city with solemn and inward-looking scenes, evoking the intensity by which particular memories – both real and imagined – come to hold significant emotional resonance and meaning in our lives.