JONATHAN ALIBONE, MICHAEL BARTLETT, POLLY BLAKE, SEAN BURN, NICK CARRICK, LOU CLEMENT, ELLEN CROSS, NIKKI DAVIDSON-BOWMAN, HANNAH DENNISON, JAYNE EAGLE, LIBBY GODDARD, SHARON JAQUE, LYDIA MEEHAN, JENNY MILARSKI, STEVE MURISON, SUSAN PLOVER, LUCY RICHARDS, GINETTE RIMMINGTON-JONES, LUCIANA ROSADO, KATIE SOLLOHUB, ANTHONY STEVENS, CHRIS STEVENS, MIKE STOAKES AND JOSHUA UVIEGHARA
EXHIBITION OPEN 4th
July (6 – 9pm opening event)
Fridays and Saturdays: 10th,
11th, 17th and 18th July (1 – 5pm)
or by appointment
Most writings on catharsis – historical and philosophical –
speak of catharsis as a process that affects those experiencing or viewing a
work of art or a play (most notably Aristotle’s writings on catharsis which
focus mainly on the act of catharsis taking place for observers of tragedies).
This exhibition will stray from Aristotle’s path slightly, and will look
predominantly at the aesthetic result of a cathartic act.
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 a form of
catharsis by artists might differ from their general artistic practice. It
might be the work that is created for more personal reasons; the sort of work
that is created regardless of whether anyone is ever going to see it.
Artists' works might more usually be classified by existing in a ‘Brechtian’ state of
unresolved or subverted catharsis, whereby there is no resolution or
rebalancing through the work itself; like Brecht's audiences who left the theatre ready to riot, an artists general practice one might desire that the viewer exits the work with unresolved
thoughts akin to Brecht’s ‘activated’ audiences. However this exhibition focuses on work created for a different purpose, that of catharsis, purging personal trauma or exploring the transformative power of art.
Contact:
Kate Davey
Website: www.katedavey.weebly.com
Twitter: @kd_outsiderart
Email: kdoutsiderart@yahoo.com
Daniella Norton
Tel: 07425177516
Tel: 07425177516
Now and Again Gallery
17B Beaconsfield Villas
Brighton
BN1 6HA
Co-organised by Now and Again and Kate Davey (http://kdoutsiderart.com)
