Weaving the Circle
Weaving the Circle
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Weaving the
Circle
13-28 February 2009
Shed 13, Queens
Wharf
Open Daily 10.30am-5pm (6.30pm Opening Gala 13th
Feb)
Cost: FREE Bookings: N/A
Four female artists mix materials and mediums to create a visual arts exhibition of cyclic beauty.
Discovering that they were all simultaneously experimenting with the ancient ceremonial traditions of the circle, all four were drawn together to present a powerful exhibition expressing the wisdom, healing aspects and essence of the medicine wheel and the sacred mandala.
Each artist is drawing on inspiration from global culture traditions; Weaving the Circle explores the relationship and the cyclic interconnectedness of us all, offering a profound experience to our viewing audience.
Spanning a range of media, from organic to the sublime, the show features a multi media/installation artist (Karma Barnes), a harakeke weaver (Kylie Fawcett), a lantern maker (Moira Barber) and a painter who sings her works into creation (Ekarasa Prem). All are accomplished artists experimenting in their chosen fields.
A beautiful feature of the exhibition will be a giant circular mandala installation created by all four artists throughout the exhibition, made using only natural materials.
"Weaving the circle is a cutting edge production that will entice and stimulate the viewers through an innovative use of mediums. We want to create a must see amazing work of beauty!" – Karma Barnes
Mandala: The pattern
of creation
The word "mandala" is from the classical
Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean
"circle," it represents wholeness, and can be seen as a
model for the organizational structure of life itself.
Describing both material and non-material realities, the
mandala appears in all aspects of life: the celestial
circles we call earth, sun, and moon, as well as conceptual
circles of friends, family, and community. In ancient Tibet,
as part of a spiritual practice, monks created intricate
mandalas with colored sand made of crushed semiprecious
stones. (From Mandala: Journey to the Center, by Bailey
Cunningham)
ENDS