A Sense of Place

by Paul Muzni

24th October – 28th November 2025

Society Cycles, Edinburgh, Scotland

Screened every Friday evening from 6 to 8 pm
(On an adhoc basis around Society Cycles opening hours)

Paul Muzni’s exhibition, A Sense of Place, explores the figure not just as a subject, but as a vessel grounded in a specific environment. Muzni, classically trained yet liberated by the study of colour, works with the conviction that a colour or mark must be placed exactly “where it completes the image as a whole – like a jigsaw.” He uses saturated, luminous hues – electric greens, vibrant oranges, and resonant blues—not to describe, but to define light, form, and atmosphere. This approach moves the work beyond tonal description, pushing the paintings to a sensory level, where he allows colours to “flex their strength or quietly sit.”

Each painting is a dynamic study in how the body occupies and is affected by its space. The figures are rendered in broken planes of colour that interact directly with the planes of their setting. Elements like the light streaming through a window or the deep shadow of a wall are not accessories; they are fundamental components of the figure’s identity in that precise moment. A Sense of Place invites the viewer to look beyond the form to witness the intense interplay of colour, light, and environment – feeling the density of the pigment and the emotional resonance of the human presence within a constructed world.

About Paul Muzni