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Regular gallery open hours apply. Join us for he preview of the exhibition on Friday, 31st March, 6.30-8.30pm
About this event
‘God’s Body & The Devil’s Chains’ is a solo exhibition of dynamic and self-reflective paintings by Luke Hannam, through which the artist inhabits and traverses theatrical worlds of fantasy, myth, religious iconography and the collective subconscious.
There has been an exhilarating, terrifying yet somewhat affirming realisation that my visual senses are perhaps helmed, not by the outside world, but somewhere deep within my own Psyche. The paintings are in a very real sense manifestations, a call to being, an attempt to give form to an internal theatre, a script written by the Psyche to be followed through in everyday life. Jung spoke of a demonic dynamism, the shadows made visible with the purpose being to integrate the darker side of ‘Self’ with the so-called civilised consciousness. My pictures depict hostility, stasis, desire, cognitive dissonance, longing, yearning, fulfilment and emptiness. – Luke Hannam
Luke Hannam was born in 1966 and currently lives in East Sussex, UK. He studied Fine Art in the 1980s and whilst others of his generation faithfully chanted the conceptual mantra of the time, Hannam focussed on perfecting his expressive drawing skills seeking inspiration from the earlier masters. Works have been exhibited and collected internationally, including the collections of Stefan Simchowitz and David Kowitz.
JOIN US FOR THE PREVIEW EVENING OF THE EXHIBITION ON FRIDAY 31ST MARCH, 6.30-8.30PM
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