ART IN THE SHADOWS
This exhibition is an emotive reflection of loss, emerging out of the shadowy world of trauma and particularly sexual abuse.
Children’s clothes made fragile by their encasement in clay, is one way artist Anne Riggs expresses the vulnerability and tragedy of abuse. Painted bones speak of the distortions and ‘little deaths’ that are part of the trauma experience.
“Much of my own work explores grief and loss; it is a passion that has been sustained throughout my artistic life. I am deeply interested in art and its potential for understanding, acknowledging and accepting loss and grief. This interest forms the basis of my PhD research and much of my work within the community,” says Anne.
The work is a contemplation of the long term impact of trauma, the losses, the distortions and the seemingly miraculous beauty that remains within people who have been carelessly and brutally treated by others.
Anne Riggs’s artwork partly emerges out of her close artistic relationship with women attending the South East Centre against Sexual Assault for counselling. Their experiences and stories find their way into Anne’s emotive work as expressions of pain, loss, vulnerability and their extraordinary inner beauty and strength.
Anne claims that “…Creating art at a time of sorrow and grieving, perhaps by making a memorial piece to remember or commemorate a loved one , can be an uplifting experience for individuals, families or groups.”
Opening Hours: 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday and 11am to 3pm, Saturday
Event Details
- Start Date:
- 18-02-2010
- Finish Date:
- 03-03-2010
- Cost:
- Free
- Type of Event:
- Exhibition
- Venue Name:
- QV Womens Centre, The Womens Gallery
- Address:
- Ground Floor 210 Lonsdale Street Melbourne
- Contact Phone:
- (03) 8668 8100
- Email:
- ariggs@alphalink.com.au
- Website:
- http://www.anneriggs.com
- Region:
- Melbourne Metro
- Access information:
- Accessible Venue
