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Wednesday 2 April 2008

Inspire: mortal & visible

Inspire: mortal & visible – a group show of eight new-generation artists - is the next offering from the Wallspace Gallery according to their latest mailing.

This is the first of an annual series of exhibitions showing the work of emerging and mid-career artists. On this occasion, they've gathered together eight artists with a track record in highly individual explorations of the human condition.

The exhibition runs from 23 April – 23 May 2008 at Wallspace, All Hallows, London Wall, EC2M 5ND. Entry, as usual, is free. Opening times are: Tuesday – Friday 12–6pm; Saturday 11am – 4pm.

The artists are: Jyll Bradley, Aileen Campbell, Julie Cook, Katharine Dowson, Kaori Homma, Cath Keay, Rona Smith, Sparks (Sparks are a collaborative group of three artists – Michael Gough, Andy Huntington and Caz Puntis – so technically there are 10 artists altogether!).

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.

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