It takes a village to raise an artist
Opening on Friday the 9th of June 2017,
5pm for 5.30pm,
the Serpentine Community Gallery is pleased
to host the multi-generational group exhibition
'It takes a village to raise an artist.'
Everyone is welcome
to attend the opening celebration.
Light refreshments will be available.
Showcasing the works of four unique artists
Ochre Doyle,
Mika Burnet
and Kerrie Divett -
who share a passion
for the process of art making
as an essential element
in constructing a narrative
that echoes and makes sense
of their individual lives,
'It takes a village to raise an artist'
will be on view until
the 21st of June.
'Hidden Healer'
print and mixed media
by Ochre Doyle
As a person living with a cancer diagnosis,
Lismore-based artist Kerrie Divett adds,
"Time in my studio helped me to feel normal, to be more myself;
a place where I could sort thoughts, feelings and facts;
a retreat from the fear, and a place to process that fear.
These works have been created as a dialogue with myself
at a time when everything seemed out of my control.
Paper has been a good friend,
absorbing the layers of process, transforming my fear
as I changed mediums, my exploration of pink, my enjoyment
of markmaking, the fragility of a line, and attempting
to understand the grey areas. Diagnosis comes with words.
There are stages and steps of understanding,
and of information, and then there is intuition."
