August Vilella 奥古斯·威利亚个展「 秋日交响曲 Autumn Symphony」正在上海恪理画廊展出，艺术家为此次个展带来17幅全新画作。
威利亚的风格首先得益于艺术家凭借直觉和潜意识进行即兴创作的独特方法。在空白画布前，艺术家放松理性和主观意识对画面的掌控，尝试让潜意识控制画笔，从而白日里所见闻的、记忆中所潜伏的物象渐渐从画笔下溜出，画面的主题、人物、情境和代表性元素因而被发展出来。
这些画面元素已不是日常生活的景象，它们是经过了艺术家潜意识通道后所生成的超现实幻境。白日思绪所收集累积的元素被拼贴，粘合以构成一个谜，原本互不关联的事物在某种忧郁的气氛中产生了意外的紧密连结，这些场景也因而在观者的白日世界中具有被辨识的可能。
在潜意识的工作之后，所需要绘制的场景和人物被颜料轻轻固定住，威利亚就开始了精细并持续的工作。精细的笔触、层层叠加薄而透明的油彩显然是构成艺术家独特风格的另一重原因。无论是在潜意识的图像生成阶段，还是图像生成后用油彩一遍遍固定住场景的阶段，相比起大而粗的笔触而言，细小的画笔和轻薄的颜料层总在发起挑战。
但与此同时，它们也使得艺术家得以绘制出精细的绒毛、多细分叉的树状形态、多孔状的珊瑚礁石，使艺术家笔下的云朵、草地、火焰和波浪等元素在质感上得以在厚重和轻盈间达到平衡。

August Vilella's solo exhibition “Autumn Symphony” is currently on view at Caelis Galeria Shanghai with brand new 17 artworks.
Vilella’s approach is first and foremost due to his surreal-intuitive method. In front of the blank canvas, the artist relaxes the control of the rational, subjective consciousness, allowing his subconscious mind to take charge of the brush. The stored images, collecting in the daytime and potentially existing in the deep memory, gradually slip out from under his brush. Themes, characters, spectacles and key elements of the work thus emerge. 
These elements, however, are not scenes from the everyday life, but surreal visions developed and shaped by Vilella’s subconscious tunnel. They are about to be collaged and glued to form a new mystery. Unrelated images and objects become unexpectedly but closely connected within a melancholy atmosphere, making these scenes recognizable for the viewers.
After figures and scenes being created through the tunnel of the subconscious mind, August Vilella begins the process of working with careful realist techniques. The fine brushstrokes, layered with thin, transparent oil paint, constitute another important aspect that makes up the artist’s style. Compared to large, thick brushstrokes, these meticulous brushworks and flimsy layers have always been a challenge both for the subconscious image generation stage or the stage of fixing the scene with the pigments.
They require the artist to keep vigilant and working with precision, care and permanence. Nevertheless, it is these fine brushstrokes that allow Vilella to form his emblematic objects, such as the fine fuzz, the multi-bifurcated forms and the porous coral reefs. They also permit the artist to balance the textures of clouds, grasses, flames, and waves between heaviness and lightness.