Anatomy of a Soaring Lion

PV: Thursday 7 November, 6-10pm
Exhibition open: Friday 8 November – Wednesday 13 November, 12pm – 5pm each day.
Curated by the artists Gabrielle Bejani @goublou and Lucinda Purkis @kingkingstringball442

“don’t tell me it was
the wind!” Frank shouts

“THAT TREE
WAVED
AT ME!”
The Book of Frank [“don’t tell me it was”] by CAConrad

Anatomy of a Soaring Lion is a two-person show by Gabrielle Bejani and Lucinda Purkis, presenting a series of new, multi-disciplinary collages incorporating delicate papers, textiles, procion-dyed and ink-painted fabric, and plant matter. These works serve as windows into both artists’ imaginative worlds.

The latest of Bejani and Purkis’s long-term collaborations, Anatomy of a Soaring Lion explores the spirit of play in their work through a synthesis of folklore, mythology, and memory. Both artists approach making from a place of heightened vulnerability and work to complexify this initial rawness through the multilayered quality of their pieces. They seek to highlight the intricacies of fleeting psychological states, and infuse their works with a palette of rich, vibrant colours and fragmented avatars that translate into landscapes of feeling, forming a generative space for the viewer to explore.