Published 09 April 2024 in The Viewing Room Art Gallery
‘As birds do’- Nellien Brewer’s Don’t take it for granted |
‘Sirrah, your father’s dead; and what will you do now? How will you live?’ ‘As birds do, mother.’ “We would do well to heed Shakespeare.”- Nellien Brewer Brewer’s dynamic artworks depicting birds are both delicate and bold in their intricate embossing and expressive lines. Don’t take it for granted along with the artist’s other works in the exhibition are powerful reminders of nature’s glory as well as the main inhabitants of the skies above us. By showing us the beauty of birds, the artworks nudge us to pay more attention to the artworks’ muses that are flying above us- forcing us to look up. Look Up! and Fly with us. We are excited to welcome our new exhibition Look Up!. Inspired by the simple, yet pivotal act of averting one's eyes from a screen, the exhibition is filled with works that embrace appreciating the moments we inhabit beyond our connectedness to technology. Artists were prompted to interpret the theme of 'flying' in their work, a term representing the sensation of craning one's neck, opening your eyes, and realising the true beauty of simply looking up and letting one's imagination soar. |