gallery gachet mainspace presents
INTUIT: ART OF THE INTUITIVE
Artists and Allies Roundtable Discussion
Thurs May 9th, 7 – 9pm
Featuring Helen Keyes, Pierre Leichner, Laurie Marshall,
Kate Paulsen, Karen Ward & Linda Rainaldi
Join us for conversations on the continuum between intuitive and instructive art making. By shining light on intuitive art practices, we hope to question and break down the boundaries that exist between what is considered outsider/visionary art and what is accepted as being part of the broader artistic mainstream.
Each of the artists featured in the INTUIT: ART OF THE INTUITIVE exhibition primarily creates through their intuitive voice. Their sense of intuition is greater than their artistic tendencies towards rationalism. All artists use their intuition to greater or lesser degrees, but the point at which the intuitive process directs artistic outcomes and works without acute influence from mainstream, institutionalized discourse is the space of exploration this exhibition seeks to engage with. At what point can an artist be considered an intuitive or visionary artist, as per Raw Vision Magazine’s definition of an outsider artist? Where does the continuum shift in this creative process, and who is the arbiter of this analysis? Who determines when a person’s output is being guided more fully by their intuitive forces than by tamed systems of thinking?
There is a link between the act of creation that happens outside of deliberate conceptualization but still under the influence of institutional and mainstream influences, and the world of the visionary/outsider who creates purely from intuition/imagination and their own social reference points that sit outside normative cues. Essentially, we are seeking to question the boundaries that exist between what is considered outsider/visionary and what is accepted as being part of the broader artistic mainstream.
Lunn and Marshall sit further along that continuum towards intuitive process than Keyes and Paulsen. What is interesting is the way each artist responds to the battle between the rational self and the intuitive self, sometimes taking the form of random spontaneous expression, other times manifesting in the application of built surfaces encouraging new pathways into creative experience. All of them create from radically diverse positions of privilege and experience within Western Canadian culture. What links them is their ability to access the creative force within them and externalise visionary concepts and participate in the process of making their art real without a profound level of planning and preconceived articulation. Their art is a means of self-expression and a way to spew out a churning need inside them to create.
Join us to discuss these ideas, hear directly from the artists regarding their process, as well as other Gachet allies in this exciting open discussion forum!
For more information, please contact Lara Fitzgerald, programming@gachet.org.
Additional information on this exhibition, can be found on our Gallery Gachet website at…
http://gachet.org/exhibitions/intuit-art-of-the-intuitive/
Artists and Allies Roundtable Discussion
gallery gachet mainspace presents
INTUIT: ART OF THE INTUITIVE
Artists and Allies Roundtable Discussion
Thurs May 9th, 7 – 9pm
Featuring Helen Keyes, Pierre Leichner, Laurie Marshall,
Kate Paulsen, Karen Ward & Linda Rainaldi
Join us for conversations on the continuum between intuitive and instructive art making. By shining light on intuitive art practices, we hope to question and break down the boundaries that exist between what is considered outsider/visionary art and what is accepted as being part of the broader artistic mainstream.
Each of the artists featured in the INTUIT: ART OF THE INTUITIVE exhibition primarily creates through their intuitive voice. Their sense of intuition is greater than their artistic tendencies towards rationalism. All artists use their intuition to greater or lesser degrees, but the point at which the intuitive process directs artistic outcomes and works without acute influence from mainstream, institutionalized discourse is the space of exploration this exhibition seeks to engage with. At what point can an artist be considered an intuitive or visionary artist, as per Raw Vision Magazine’s definition of an outsider artist? Where does the continuum shift in this creative process, and who is the arbiter of this analysis? Who determines when a person’s output is being guided more fully by their intuitive forces than by tamed systems of thinking?
There is a link between the act of creation that happens outside of deliberate conceptualization but still under the influence of institutional and mainstream influences, and the world of the visionary/outsider who creates purely from intuition/imagination and their own social reference points that sit outside normative cues. Essentially, we are seeking to question the boundaries that exist between what is considered outsider/visionary and what is accepted as being part of the broader artistic mainstream.
Lunn and Marshall sit further along that continuum towards intuitive process than Keyes and Paulsen. What is interesting is the way each artist responds to the battle between the rational self and the intuitive self, sometimes taking the form of random spontaneous expression, other times manifesting in the application of built surfaces encouraging new pathways into creative experience. All of them create from radically diverse positions of privilege and experience within Western Canadian culture. What links them is their ability to access the creative force within them and externalise visionary concepts and participate in the process of making their art real without a profound level of planning and preconceived articulation. Their art is a means of self-expression and a way to spew out a churning need inside them to create.
Join us to discuss these ideas, hear directly from the artists regarding their process, as well as other Gachet allies in this exciting open discussion forum!
For more information, please contact Lara Fitzgerald, programming@gachet.org.
Additional information on this exhibition, can be found on our Gallery Gachet website at…
http://gachet.org/exhibitions/intuit-art-of-the-intuitive/