Dream Marrow explores the power of dreaming, at Burnaby Art Gallery starting November 12
Contemporary artists Hana Amani and Audie Murray work across mediums to explore these abstracted spaces
Hana Amani, The Birth of Bilqis (detail), 2019, intaglio and gold paint on Ivory Fabriano paper).
Hana Amani and Audie Murray, two contemporary artists working across mediums, explore the generative power of dreaming in a new exhibit called Dream Marrow, at the Burnaby Art Gallery from November 12 to January 22, 2023.
In the show curated by Emily Dundas Oke, the artists chart collective futures brought into being through expansive cosmologies. Dreaming, and other visionary acts, offer resistance to various forms of oppression, dispossession, and rule. Some of our oldest and most widely read tales, such as The Thousand and One Nights, grew from the dreams of women resisting violence, and have since shaped political and social realities time and time again.
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wide public interest in dreaming, with many individuals having reported the most vivid dreams they had ever experienced. Often attributed to the intense isolation and uncertainty-induced anxiety, dreams were both symptom and antidote for a sense of loss of future.
Through media from charcoal on paper to copper beading and exquisite Intaglio and gold paint on Ivory Fabriano paper, Dream Marrow invites visitors to recognize the potential of these abstracted spaces that are both foreign to and larger than our waking lives.
Dream Marrow’s opening reception takes place on November 10, from 7 to 9 pm, with artist Hana Amani in attendance.
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Post sponsored by Burnaby Art Gallery.