Song of Sirens brought viewers close to the imaginative workings of six artists from three generations. Some artists lead us to encounter risk and discovery: in accepting their invitations to experience their work, we may venture along unfamiliar pathways. These types of encounters are not just at the centre of the work in this exhibition, they are essential to contemporary art. In Song of Sirens, the experiences, methods, emotions and motifs that inspire these artists 'coalesce in a strange harmony of contrasts', offering an experience akin to being immersed in a deep pool. The exhibition presented material and cultural spaces, and an abstract language of sense and sensation that direct attention towards wholeness and depth. The artists' energies move forward, behind and around us as temporal, physical or spatial phenomena.
Curated by Bala Starr.