Exhibitions
Luke Hannam 'God's Body & The Devil's Chains'
Through this body of work Hannam inhabits and traverses theatrical worlds of fantasy, myth, religious iconography and the collective subconscious.
Anima Mundi are delighted to present ‘God's Body & The Devil's Chains’, a solo exhibition of dynamic and personal paintings by Luke Hannam. In this self-reflective body of paintings, the artist inhabits and traverses theatrical worlds of fantasy, myth, religious iconography and the collective subconscious.
There has been an exhilarating, terrifying yet somewhat affirming realisation that my visual senses are perhaps helmed, not by the outside world, but somewhere deep within my own Psyche. The paintings are in a very real sense manifestations, a call to being, an attempt to give form to an internal theatre, a script written by the Psyche to be followed through in everyday life. Jung spoke of a demonic dynamism, the shadows made visible with the purpose being to integrate the darker side of ‘Self' with the so-called civilised consciousness. My pictures depict hostility, stasis, desire, cognitive dissonance, longing, yearning, fulfilment and emptiness. - Luke Hannam
Luke Hannam was born in 1966 and currently lives in East Sussex, UK. He studied Fine Art in the 1980s and whilst others of his generation faithfully chanted the conceptual mantra of the time, Hannam focussed on perfecting his expressive drawing skills seeking inspiration from the earlier masters. Works have been exhibited and collected internationally, including the collections of Stefan Simchowitz and David Kowitz.
JOIN US FOR THE PREVIEW EVENING OF THE EXHIBITION ON FRIDAY 31ST MARCH, 6.30-8.30PM
There has been an exhilarating, terrifying yet somewhat affirming realisation that my visual senses are perhaps helmed, not by the outside world, but somewhere deep within my own Psyche. The paintings are in a very real sense manifestations, a call to being, an attempt to give form to an internal theatre, a script written by the Psyche to be followed through in everyday life. Jung spoke of a demonic dynamism, the shadows made visible with the purpose being to integrate the darker side of ‘Self' with the so-called civilised consciousness. My pictures depict hostility, stasis, desire, cognitive dissonance, longing, yearning, fulfilment and emptiness. - Luke Hannam
Luke Hannam was born in 1966 and currently lives in East Sussex, UK. He studied Fine Art in the 1980s and whilst others of his generation faithfully chanted the conceptual mantra of the time, Hannam focussed on perfecting his expressive drawing skills seeking inspiration from the earlier masters. Works have been exhibited and collected internationally, including the collections of Stefan Simchowitz and David Kowitz.
JOIN US FOR THE PREVIEW EVENING OF THE EXHIBITION ON FRIDAY 31ST MARCH, 6.30-8.30PM
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