Exhibitions
GOLD
Featuring artworks by Toni Davey, Jane Harris, Carali McCall, Anna Mossman, Katherine Perrins, Alice Temperley and Denise Webber
OPEN BY APPOINTMENT: 2-22 DEC 2023 & 4-20 JAN 2024
OPENING EVENT: 1-3PM, SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER 2023
Join us in an investigation of gold’s historical and iconographic use in the history of art. These works all reference the individual artist's own practices and demonstrate the continued importance of gold as an inherently potent idea, material, colour and pigment in contemporary art. Gold can adopt meanings of value, status, position within a hierarchical structure, or the divine. In magical contexts it can be perceived as a material with inherent powerful qualities. The symbolic nature of gold has been a means of communication; between humans and a spiritual world. We see this in golden objects, in beliefs and perceptions of gold, and the significance of gold in religious and magical traditions and ceremonies. Gold has long been associated with a divine sphere, both in pre-Christian and in Christian religions. The shine of gold, its indestructible nature, its malleability and its relative scarcity made it an ideal material to embody divine qualities, but also expressions of human veneration of the divine. Gold was perceived as an appropriate material with which to address the gods.
We welcome this wealth of female artists to CLOSE and celebrate in unison for all we are grateful for. Through these works we send out a longing for peace and harmony. As we look forward to a new year, we approach with optimism and a gentle asking for love and unity in the world. That is Golden.
BOOK YOUR VISIT:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gold-a-group-exhibition-tickets-754506598547?aff=oddtdtcreator
OPENING EVENT: 1-3PM, SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER 2023
Join us in an investigation of gold’s historical and iconographic use in the history of art. These works all reference the individual artist's own practices and demonstrate the continued importance of gold as an inherently potent idea, material, colour and pigment in contemporary art. Gold can adopt meanings of value, status, position within a hierarchical structure, or the divine. In magical contexts it can be perceived as a material with inherent powerful qualities. The symbolic nature of gold has been a means of communication; between humans and a spiritual world. We see this in golden objects, in beliefs and perceptions of gold, and the significance of gold in religious and magical traditions and ceremonies. Gold has long been associated with a divine sphere, both in pre-Christian and in Christian religions. The shine of gold, its indestructible nature, its malleability and its relative scarcity made it an ideal material to embody divine qualities, but also expressions of human veneration of the divine. Gold was perceived as an appropriate material with which to address the gods.
We welcome this wealth of female artists to CLOSE and celebrate in unison for all we are grateful for. Through these works we send out a longing for peace and harmony. As we look forward to a new year, we approach with optimism and a gentle asking for love and unity in the world. That is Golden.
BOOK YOUR VISIT:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gold-a-group-exhibition-tickets-754506598547?aff=oddtdtcreator
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