CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS
This Spring, Now and Again will be holding an exhibition in collaboration with Kate Davey focusing on the theme of catharsis and
art.
We are looking for artists to submit work that they consider to be the
result of catharsis or a cathartic act. Catharsis is a term derived from
Aristotle, and is principally understood in relation to ‘dramatic art that
describes the effect of tragedy …on the audience.’ In this sense it has a
beneficial effect on the audience – a rebalancing of the emotions through an
experience of tragedy.
The dictionary definition of cathartic is “providing
psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions.” It is the
purging, or evacuation of feelings and emotions. Work created as catharsis by artists might differ from their
general artistic practice. It might be work created for personal reasons,
regardless of whether anyone was ever going to see it or not. Or perhaps the
term catharsis covers an artist’s whole practice. Maybe it is a piece that was
the result of a powerful reaction to something whether made at the time or at a
later date.
Perhaps many artists operate in a more “Brechtian’ state of
unresolved or subverted catharsis, whereby there is no resolution or rebalancing
through the work itself; they carry on making and making and thinking and
thinking. The viewer might leave the piece with unresolved thoughts akin to
Brecht’s ‘activated’ audiences. However, this exhibition seeks introspective
moments within artistic practice, where for whatever reason, a cathartic act
has taken place.
This exhibition seeks to find artists willing to share work
that the artist considers to have been made with some cathartic intent or
result.
To submit work
Email a jpeg image no larger than 1MB
to: daniellacnorton@gmail.com
Please include:
Title, materials, dimensions and whether the work is
framed or unframed.
The deadline for submissions by email is Sunday, 26 April. Selected
works will need to be delivered to the Gallery in Brighton by Sunday 24 May.
The exhibition will be held in mid June through to July in
Brighton and if your piece is selected you would need to pay the
postage/courier costs and any insurance for the work to and from the venue. Please contact the
Gallery for further details.
NOW and AGAIN
17B Beaconsfiled Villas, Brighton, BN1 6HA
In
collaboration with…
Kate Davey - kdoutsiderart
katedavey50@gmail.com
www.kdoutsiderart.com
katedavey50@gmail.com
www.kdoutsiderart.com
