Suburbia Contemporary

Suburbia Contemporary's mission is to inspire and challenge visitors to explore the world of innovative creations from diverse cultures and backgrounds. Our commitment to innovation is reflected in the artists we showcase, who push the boundaries of traditional art forms with their unique and different perspectives. We strive to maintain a balanced selection of art that represents a wide range of styles and mediums, from painting to sculpture and performance.

Our international collection of art is a testament to the global reach of creativity and its power to connect people across borders. We have carefully curated works from established and emerging artists around the world, each with their own vision and voice. As we look to the future of art, we remain committed to showcasing the latest cutting-edge trends in the world of contemporary art. 

Suburbia Contemporary is a hub of innovation, where visitors can explore the latest trends in art and witness the evolution of the art form firsthand. We believe that art has the power to transcend language and cultural barriers, and our gallery provides a platform for artists to share their stories and experiences with a global audience.

Represented artists:

Jake Aikman, Han Bing, Peter Eastman, Mar Hernández Riquelme, Musa N. Nxumalo, Giovanni Ozzola, Robert Pettena, Amy Rusch, Ed Young

«Land of the Living» is an investigation by Jake Aikman into a space that is simultaneously physical and cerebral, where orientation and perception remain in a constant state of tension between presence and dissolution. The title refers to the “land of the living,” an expression that, rather than affirming a stable or fixed condition, shifts experience toward a territory of continuous oscillation, shaped by uncertainty, transformation, and a structural sense of mystery.

In this body of work, Aikman does not describe a place in a literal sense, but constructs a suspended mental geography in which traditional coordinates of reading are progressively destabilised. Painting operates as a field of friction between the recognisable and the elusive, between the formation of an image and its immediate unravelling.

These paintings expand the exhibition’s universe by functioning as fragments of a single perceptual system, where the boundary between land and sea, figure and ground, appearance and disappearance, remains deliberately unstable. The image is not presented as assertion, but as a transitional state, a surface on which perception reorganises itself without ever reaching definitive fixation.