Breaking the Sound Barrier

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Breaking the Sound Barrier.

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Angus Walker

The Learning Connexion’s Deaf and Hearing Impaired students are breaking the sound barrier for the first time at ROAR!

ART EXHIBITION:

Breaking the Sound Barrier: An exhibition by Deaf and Hearing Impaired artists.
Also showing New Work by Angus Walker.

WHEN: 8 – 24 October 2009

WHERE: ROAR! gallery
55 Abel Smith St
Level 1 (above Real Groovy)
WELLINGTON

Deaf and Hearing Impaired artists from around the country have been creating artwork in response to the theme "Expression". With no restrictions on medium, size or content, each student was free to take their ideas as far as they desired. From striking black and white portraits to playful watercolours, from wearable art to emotive bronze work, this awe-inspiring collection of artwork gives a unique insight into the lives of the creators.

This is the first exhibition in a professional gallery for these artists and brings their expressions and interpretations of the hearing and deaf culture to a new and wider audience.

“I try to make paintings that please the senses and also ask questions of the viewer. No painting is ever the same after it has been ‘seen’ by someone” explains artist Hendrik Groot.

Engaging in creative processes in the supportive environment that TLC provides allows Deaf and Hearing Impaired students to break through the sound barrier that surrounds them.

“Art helps me to shift focus off all the daily difficulties I encounter. Art helps me to breathe” says Zalina Barrington.

Rachel Noble, CEO of Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand will open the exhibition on Thursday 8th October at 5.30pm.

Also showing New Work by Angus Walker.

Painting mostly in the wee smalls because “the energy is better at night time - no one bothers you. It’s quieter then”, Angus Walker brings us some of his new 'primitive' works, which are anything but quiet. Chaos and Order, Confusion and Enlightenment, his text based and contrasting paintings have a bombastic aesthetic as Angus “takes thoughts on a walk, until they drag the chain and beg for water”.

ROAR! gallery is a vibrant gallery which aims to support and promote Outsider Art. Its focus is not to define this term but to be open to those who feel connected to an art making approach which is unique, honest, compelling and about a persons total connection with their creativity, uninfluenced by external restrictions and conventions. We're proud to bring you this thrilling combination of talent and awareness.

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