Scholars advancing theological and philosophical inquiry through engagement with art.
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In her work, Open Wound, Miren Lee hangs enormous ghosts in the Turbine Hall, each the decaying skin of a process birthed by the viscous liquid released from a giant industrial turbine, “finding human dreams and desires in a sprawling mechanical system.”
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Beautiful photo of 4 years in 40 postcards from Sarah Tomasetti. Up until Monday at the Artemisia Gallery.
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The opening for 4 Years in 40 Postcards was one of the coolest things I’ve experienced. I’m feeling very grateful for everyone who came and engaged with the work.
Lexi’s very first exhibition opens today! Official reception Friday at 6pm at the Artemesia Gallery. All welcome!
“What if we instead saw [theology] as an architectonic task of conceptually designing imaginaries for people to inhabit…?” Hanna Reichel, After Method.
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Book launch at Station Gallery for Adam Lee’s beautiful book Ghostsmoke. We really enjoyed our visit to Adam’s studio back in 2022 as part of the project “Spiritual Understanding in a Secular Age: Engaging Art as Religious Ritual.”
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"I believe that the artistic and the prophetic call to each other through time, echoing back and forth the possibilities of newness, of life more abundant, life in freedom with God."
~ Willie Jennings, "Embodying the Artistic Spirit and the Prophetic Arts"
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Two thoughts to ponder:
"God comes, aiming for ecstasy in the body of the creature." ~ Willie Jennings, After Whiteness
"The aim of art is ecstasy." ~ Alva Noë, The Entanglement
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A great exhibition about joy is currently on at the Immigation Museum in Melbourne. Local artists have created beautiful installations in response to the theme. Definitely feels like we could all use this right now.
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Diana Al-Hadid talking about her artistic process. Well worth the couple of minutes. youtube.com/watch?v=3rnFarnN…
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Ironically, this image was included as part of the fake Banksy exhibit, which is exactly what the exhibit was: profit justified as education in anti-capitalism. *How* we engage art matters.
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This is a great conversation with artists Diana Al-Hadid, Heather Swann, and Richard Lewer about art, symbolism, and rituals. ngv.vic.gov.au/triennial/art…
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Not knowing what it was, we went to this fake Banksy exhibition today. It was horrible: didactic about the art’s anti-capitalist meanings while simultaneously exploiting the artist for financial gain. It should be shut down. abc.net.au/news/2023-05-06/a…
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Today is the feast of Saint Thomas.
The British artist Michael Landy encouraged visitors to the National Gallery to adopt Thomas’s doubting perspective when he encountered the risen Christ.
Find out more about this extraordinary kinetic sculpture:
thevcs.org/doubting-thomas#t…
Masheck's book Faith in Art raises important questions about how we conceptualise the nature of influence when trying to identify the sources of non-representational art.
You can get a copy of my review here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
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Learn about theological engagement with art and confronting colonizing habits of thought in this TJT 40.1 article by Lexi Eikelboom (@LexiEikelboom) and Benjamin Ross DeSpain (@ACUmedia). bit.ly/tjt401b
We’re curious about responses to George Pattison’s question: “…in setting his sights on a ‘theological aesthetics’ has von Balthasar made a move that will, in fact, obscure and frustrate a theological engagement with art, as we make, experience, and receive art in our time?”
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