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My Copper Bracelet!
Copper Bracelet is a bangle worn around the wrist for the relief of pains caused by ailments such as arthritis. The healing process involved works by the copper being absorbed into the skin to ease the aches at the joints.
Artists have traditionally served as town criers who highlight societal pains and struggles by making work that initiates the necessary dialogue and action capable of solving these problems. Metaphorically therefore, artists are society’s copper bracelet. Whether it be through film, music, literature or visual art, the historical ability of the artist to occupy such a crucial position in society is unquestionable.
When times are rough and resources are inadequate, women have typically been the resourceful ones to whip out a meal out of nothing, make clothes for the kids out of bits and pieces of some of their own clothes and even single handedly raise the children when the father figure vanishes as has been known to happen. The mother figure is the rallying point and source of consolation in the family when difficult times bite deep. Consequently, women are their family’s copper bracelet.
My Copper Bracelet! as an exhibition concept is designed to demonstrate this unique feature of not just artists but female artists in particular in the face of a global economic recession that has seen more people lose their jobs and a growing number of families facing an uncertain future. Pulling together their artistic talents and female resourcefulness, the chosen female artists in this exhibition will demonstrate innovation through their works and explore various paths to entrepreneurship as well.
The exhibition therefore highlights the resourceful nature of women as a crucial factor in the remaking of today’s world. Entrepreneurship and innovative thinking emerge as the central themes in the show as is aptly embodied in the themes and works to be exhibited, works largely made out of improvisation with varied materials.
Copper Bracelet is a bangle worn around the wrist for the relief of pains caused by ailments such as arthritis. The healing process involved works by the copper being absorbed into the skin to ease the aches at the joints.
Artists have traditionally served as town criers who highlight societal pains and struggles by making work that initiates the necessary dialogue and action capable of solving these problems. Metaphorically therefore, artists are society’s copper bracelet. Whether it be through film, music, literature or visual art, the historical ability of the artist to occupy such a crucial position in society is unquestionable.
When times are rough and resources are inadequate, women have typically been the resourceful ones to whip out a meal out of nothing, make clothes for the kids out of bits and pieces of some of their own clothes and even single handedly raise the children when the father figure vanishes as has been known to happen. The mother figure is the rallying point and source of consolation in the family when difficult times bite deep. Consequently, women are their family’s copper bracelet.
My Copper Bracelet! as an exhibition concept is designed to demonstrate this unique feature of not just artists but female artists in particular in the face of a global economic recession that has seen more people lose their jobs and a growing number of families facing an uncertain future. Pulling together their artistic talents and female resourcefulness, the chosen female artists in this exhibition will demonstrate innovation through their works and explore various paths to entrepreneurship as well.
The exhibition therefore highlights the resourceful nature of women as a crucial factor in the remaking of today’s world. Entrepreneurship and innovative thinking emerge as the central themes in the show as is aptly embodied in the themes and works to be exhibited, works largely made out of improvisation with varied materials.
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