Sacred
Wednesday 9 January 2008
73-81 Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 ONQ
Tel: 020 7357 6469
Private view: 17th January 6pm - 9pm
Exhibition: 17th January – 16th February
Open: Mon- Sat 10:00am– 6.00pm
FREE ENTRY
Sacred is an exhibition held to coincide with ‘World Religion Day’ in the diverse melting pot of Southwark and within Bankside’s cultural epicentre- The Novas Contemporary Urban Centre London Bridge, Bankside.
Sacred does not seek to create controversy or disharmony, but serves to celebrate interfaith understanding and harmony by highlighting that although all faiths are different they have several common denominators that govern them all.
The exhibition explores the common denominators and differences between differing religions and belief systems; the interweaving message throughout is of the world as one single global community. The reverberating pieces displayed also reveal the aspects of religion and spirituality that are personally sacred to each exhibiting artist.
All the artists involved evocatively depict religion and sacred identity in a contemporary society and assess how it has been adapted in a modern world so that it still remains relevant. For example Christopher Clack’s Dascent unites the opposing ideologies of religion and science in the modern world.
I believe that it’s through art, through exercising the imaginative faculties that we can hold both these descriptions of the world, the scientific and the religious as valid. One description is seen to contradict the other when either the priest or the scientist is dead to the imagination and the creative vision… Christopher Clack, 2007
Novas aims to unite contemporary religious art and celebrate its diversity by inviting these diverse artists to illustrate their interpretation of religion. All the work featured depicts hope and positive spirituality.
For more information contact Darren Asamoa on 020 7424 3021 or darren.asamoa@novas.org
