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Windows on Pain Exhibition
Exhibition : Various : May-June : This exhibition is a stimulating and imaginative creative response to the experience of pain - physical, emotional or the pain of loss, grief, depression or dispossession.
30 leading and emerging artists have committed to producing and donating an artwork on the broad theme of pain. They will interpret pain beyond the familiar stereotypes, in painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics and installation and video works.
You'll see mature established artists and young emerging artists, all generous contributors to the cause. Works by Euan Macleod, Tom Carment, Sam Leach, Michael Leunig, Jude Rae and William Yang will mix with young artists like Mai Long and Brown Council. Some artists are collaborating with people with severe pain.
The works will exhibited at a number of venues before being auctioned at a fundraising dinner.
The artworks will be auctioned at the AGNSW on 12 June 2009 to raise money for the Pain Management Research Institute, Sydney, a leading world institute for research and treatment of severe persistent pain. One in five working age Australian experience this debilitating pain.
When/Where: Exhibitions will be held at
- Carriageworks in Redfern 4-11 May
- Ewart Gallery in Willoughby 12-18 May
- Gosford Regional Art Gallery 20-30 May
- Parramatta Riverside Theatre 1-10 June
- Art Gallery of NSW 12 June
Website: www.windowsonpain.org