From Jan 30 – 4 Feb, Gallery One88 will be showing,‘The Sleep of Reason' & 'Awakening of Love’ – an eye-grabbing new exhibit that aims to unveil the masked world of mental illness by artist Alyssa Black.
Artist Statement (Alyssa Black)
My body of work The Sleep Of Reason which constitutes the majority of my proposed show tackles the theme of mental illness from the subjective perspective
of a long-time sufferer of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Anorexia Nervosa, topics rarely explored
in art before and little discussed anywhere outside psychiatric circles. I tell my story through detailed, richly coloured oil paintings that combine
realism with delusion and which utilise my training as an artist and art-historian to draw on historical visual-cultural tropes that help in elaborating
my narratives. This work, and indeed my entire practice, is based on the belief that there are many things about our experiences that cannot be said
in words, but can be imaged, and that giving voices to the horror of mental illness from sufferers’ perspectives will aid in developing a greater empathy
for patients.
The second body of work for my proposed show, The Awakening of Love, reflects the hope I have recently discovered for my future through love and its ability to create room for some freedom from the captivity of mental illness and contrast the dark landscapes of my mind with the broad, free landscapes of the Blue Mountains.
The Sleep of Reason & The Awakening of Love are two bodies of work not to be missed, promising to reveal & unravel some of the illusive layers of the human psyche.
'The Sleep of Reason' & 'The Awakening of Love' on display at Gallery ONE88 in Katoomba.
30 January - 4 February, 2018.
Gallery open 10:00am - 5:00pm.
Address: 186-188 Katoomba Street, Katoomba, New South Wales 2780
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