The Redemptive Beauty of Life After Death

Monday, 08 January 2007 17:16

Nottingham, UK - Future Factory, based within Nottingham Trent University, in collaboration with the New Art Exchange, is proud to present The Redemptive Beauty of Life After Death, curated by Michael Forbes.  The exhibition which takes place in The Bonington Gallery runs from 13 January until 17 February 2007.  Eight contemporary visual artists: Said Adrus, Robert Ball, Giles Corby, David Farrell, Michael Forbes, Mik Godley, Martin Godwin and Raksha Patel will comment on ‘life after death’ and the remaining visual legacy which gets incorporated into everyday life.  We are presented a world where the body and soul no longer remains, where symbols leave footprints of the lives that have gone before.

The show includes a diverse range of subject matter: the removal of an Indian military grave in Woking, the humble pacemaker, the seductive attraction of guns, Northern Ireland landscapes that hide horrors of the past, child mortality in relationship to poverty, Nazi secret bunkers built by slave labor, roadside floral memorials, isolated apocalyptic landscapes and colored fountains built in honor of the martyred dead.

The exhibition contradicts all perceptions of morbidity and celebrates the natural beauty that arises through life, whilst recognizing the frailty of human existence.  A full color publication will be available to accompany this exhibition.

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