‘What It Feels Like’
Preview Friday 2nd
August 2013, 6-9pm
Exhibition open 3rd-15th
August, 2-7pm
Bankley Studios, Levenshulme,
Manchester, M19 3PP
The purpose of this exhibition is to explore languages of representation
and to challenge the meaning of signs in our system of reference.
We were inspired by the word ‘Divine’, and wanted to discover what this
really meant, in relation to the Ordinary (as a course of symbols we see
everyday that we recognise and we accept without challenging or even thinking
about them).
We felt the Divine was something beyond us, perhaps the opposite of the
Ordinary; to rise above our daily lives/ to transcend.
However there is perhaps much beauty to be found within everyday
existence, can we find Divinity on an average and mundane day?
We want to challenge our personal perception of our surroundings -
looking at signs within the Ordinary and Nature. Nature is the context in which
we want question the representation of beauty and femininity: can Beauty be
Ugliness, can Feminine be Masculine? How do we identify beauty and where do we
look for ideas of beauty? Is it purely through taught social codes?
By bringing together female artists, this will address being female and how that is understood and represented by our own
system of reference; challenging given definitions of femininity as well as
exploring ideas of Feminism.
As a group show, ‘What It Feels Like’
works as a collaborative voice, of Women Artists.
A composition of each individual artists
subjective response to the theme; showing their personal perspective, how they
see things and reflecting on their identity as women.
We are excited to present the eight
artists we have brought together; talented women who are actively making art in
Manchester, Glasgow, Copenhagen and Barcelona.
Combining many different mediums, from
illustration to print, photography, textiles, film and installation ‘What It
Feels Like’ will explore a diverse range of female expression.
The Artists involved are:
Lucy Jones http://lucy-jones.tumblr.com/illustration,
Bryony Jackson http://www.bryonyjackson.net/,
Alba Yruela http://albayruela.tumblr.com/,
Hannah Mort http://www.hannahmort.tv,
Jess Higgins http://jesshiggins.tumblr.com/,
Faye Johnson http://www.fayecoraljohnson.com/,
Alex Humphreys http://alexhumphreys.tumblr.com/ and
Tine Bek http://tinebek.com/.
Lucy Jones http://lucy-jones.tumblr.com/illustration,
Bryony Jackson http://www.bryonyjackson.net/,
Alba Yruela http://albayruela.tumblr.com/,
Hannah Mort http://www.hannahmort.tv,
Jess Higgins http://jesshiggins.tumblr.com/,
Faye Johnson http://www.fayecoraljohnson.com/,
Alex Humphreys http://alexhumphreys.tumblr.com/ and
Tine Bek http://tinebek.com/.
The show has been curated and realised by
Valentina Orrù and Hannah Mort.
‘What It Feels Like’.
