Exhibition Details

Subversive Correspondenc #1 Broadwalk Arts, Broadwalk Shopping Centre, Bristol, BS4 2QU.
Monday 20th July - Thursday 23rd July 2009

Subversive Correspondence #2
The Gallery at Willesden Green, 95 High Road, Willesden, London, NW10 2SF.
Wednesday 19th August- Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Private View 18th August 6-9pm

Curator: Diana Ali



Concept

The interpretations encounter political statements or disperse cultural observations; correspondence that is not immediate but perhaps depends on the contingencies of travel. Subversive systems of posting and collecting dialogue create the emergence of new narratives that are shared and reacted upon through hybrid texts, images and temporary ownership. Show cased as a touring exhibition at Broadwalk Arts, Bristol then at The Willesden Gallery, London, the works continue to explore language, visual interchange and systematic dialogues.

Artists

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Chantal Powell

Chantal Powell, UK
'Love Letters'



Fragments of love letters, poetry, and sentimental found objects come together to resurrect a romantic correspondence from the 1930’s and recast its forgotten moments in the presence. Framed behind glass, as an artifact in a museum, it alludes to the desire to halt time and preserve memories.With a doctorate in social psychology, Chantal Powell’s work concerns the universal emotions that connect us as human beings, in particular our response to beauty and melancholy. Employing an aesthetic that engages us as a form of visual poetry, she crafts works that invites intimacy and personal involvement.