Suspended Disbelief

15.07. - 14.08.2021

A group show including Oda Iselin Sønderland, Amanda Ba, Manal Kara, Eden Seifu, Geetha Thurairajah, Jessica Westhafer at Arsenal Contemporary in Toronto, Canada.

“Suspended Disbelief is a group exhibition that brings together six international artists from diverse social and cultural backgrounds who all explore otherworldly realms of fictional narrative charged with myth, fantasy, horror, anxiety and wonder. While the artistic intentions of each are unique to their practice and respective pictorial language, together, they represent a new generation of figurative-based artists. Their work is grounded in an open embrace of eclectic influences and forms drawn from art history, ancient mythology, anthropomorphism, Surrealism, outsider art, comics, social media and pop culture. These diverse sources situate their imagery clearly within the spirit and pulse of our times. Whether dealing with deeply personal issues, esoteric themes, dreams, trauma or fictions based upon real or fabricated events, they engage the transformative power of illusory pictorial space via imaginative, hallucinatory, mind-bending imagery.”

Excerpt from Arsenal Contemporary’s website.