Wallspace - the art space in All Hallows on the Wall, London - presents the first of an annual series of exhibitions showing the work of emerging and mid-career artists exploring ideas of the spiritual in this unique setting.
Inspire: mortal & visible gathers together eight artists with a track record in highly individual explorations of the human condition. Julie Cook combines 'found materials of comfort' as protection against, or healing for 'internal turmoil, collective trauma and pain'. Rona Smith and Jyll Bradley examine, respectively, moments of everyday and heightened ritual. Japanese-born Kaori Homma deals with feelings of displacement and disinheritance and the concept of ‘eastness’. Aileen Campbell draws on her choral background to challenge assumptions about what it means to 'give voice'. Katharine Dowson responds to the fabric of the church, using glass to harness light in an ethereal exploration of miraculous biblical narratives. Cath Keay’s earthier extruded clay sculptures depict the dialogue of female psychiatric patients who discuss their feelings in very physical terms. The collaborative artists' group Sparks employ their distinctive ‘skills switch’ to produce a mixed-media meditation on hope.
The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated guide, available on request.
22/04/08
16/05/08
Wallspace, All Hallows, London Wall, EC2M 5ND
Tuesday – Friday 12.00 – 6.00pm Saturday 11.00 - 4.00
FREE
Meryl Doney, Director
07794 586 203
www.wallspace.org.uk
