Funny Dread
25 April – 4 May
Private View: Thursday 25 April, 6 – 9 PM
Exhibition Open: Thurs – Sat, 25 April – 4 May, 12 – 6 PM
A group exhibition at SET Ealing exploring humour in the absurd.
Art has long served as a tool for exploring the meaning of life, and the gallery space can be a place where we can react to the reality of existence. Much like in Albert Camus’s ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’, we repeat the same actions again and again, only sometimes acknowledging the pointlessness of it all. Although often bleak, there is humour in the ridiculousness of being.
The ‘Benign Violation Theory’ attempts to explain humour’s existence, claiming that it only occurs when something seems wrong, unsettling, or threatening, but simultaneously seems okay, acceptable or safe. The works in this show explore this contradiction between the dull and nonsensical, the dreary and silly; the funny ridiculousness of being alive.
‘Funny Dread’ will run until 04 May 2024.
Curators: (francesca_dobbe_)and Laura Sutton (@lk_sutton).
Artists: @studio.edie@sassyli@kialytihngang@nhensey@youkiyin@lk_sutton@francesca_dobbe_
Curatorial Assistant: @dhurga_