+++ 7pm UK TIME, 29th APRIL +++
As a lifelong artist with a specific focus on the liminal realms, my long-held belief in the alchemical power of art to change things has coincided in recent years with my own traumatic life-experiences (most notably the arrival of epilepsy) to give birth to an ongoing amulet-making project - an experiment in transmuting pain, hope and everything in-between, using art as real tangible medicine, beyond theory.
These amulets are a series of oil paintings on wood - a medium I have worked with for years - but here they also include other dimensions and materials: thread, metal, spells, thorns, hair, soil, prayers.
In this online presentation I will share an exhibition of some of the amulets I have created so far alongside a talk about the amuletic power of art, showing that this is a continuation of an ancient human practice and need - we have used the power of image-making to address difficulty, to heal pain, to straddle worlds and to speak to God since the beginning. Through the vulnerability and potency of this work I hope to reawaken a sense of urgency in re-imbuing art with this numinosity so that it may perform its true function in human life, and to inspire art-makers with the reminder that art and magic are twin crafts with their roots in the same well.
The talk will last one hour and there will be an opportunity for questions and discussion at the end.
Your zoom link will arrive by email after purchasing this ticket.
A RECORDING WILL BE AVAILABLE if you purchase the ticket but cannot make the time.
+++ 7pm UK TIME, 29th APRIL +++
As a lifelong artist with a specific focus on the liminal realms, my long-held belief in the alchemical power of art to change things has coincided in recent years with my own traumatic life-experiences (most notably the arrival of epilepsy) to give birth to an ongoing amulet-making project - an experiment in transmuting pain, hope and everything in-between, using art as real tangible medicine, beyond theory.
These amulets are a series of oil paintings on wood - a medium I have worked with for years - but here they also include other dimensions and materials: thread, metal, spells, thorns, hair, soil, prayers.
In this online presentation I will share an exhibition of some of the amulets I have created so far alongside a talk about the amuletic power of art, showing that this is a continuation of an ancient human practice and need - we have used the power of image-making to address difficulty, to heal pain, to straddle worlds and to speak to God since the beginning. Through the vulnerability and potency of this work I hope to reawaken a sense of urgency in re-imbuing art with this numinosity so that it may perform its true function in human life, and to inspire art-makers with the reminder that art and magic are twin crafts with their roots in the same well.
The talk will last one hour and there will be an opportunity for questions and discussion at the end.
Your zoom link will arrive by email after purchasing this ticket.
A RECORDING WILL BE AVAILABLE if you purchase the ticket but cannot make the time.
