{"product_id":"bone-deep","title":"Bone Deep","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.galleryathome.co.uk\/pages\/katherine-sheers\" title=\"Artist Katherine Sheers biography and available artwork\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Sheers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpens 12th September 2-4pm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI am thrilled to welcome fellow gallerist and artist \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.galleryathome.co.uk\/pages\/katherine-sheers\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eKATHERINE SHEERS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e to Parc Lettis for her inaugural solo exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eBONE DEEP \u003c\/span\u003eis the culmination of two years spent exploring the Jungian concept of the shadow - tracing aspects of self that are exiled \u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003edue to familial or societal expectations of what it is to be a \"good woman”. \u003c\/span\u003eThe works explore a raw, sensual, unapologetic darkness, and embrace the power of the unrepentant feminine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eBONE DEEP asks what becomes possible within us when seemingly contradictory states coexist. When pleasure and death belong to the same body, appetite and surrender carry \u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003eequal intelligence, and tenderness and rage occupy one psychological field.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A common interpretation of darkness seems to be that it's rooted primarily in pain, despair or emotional struggle - that the presence of shadow is essentially an indicator of suffering.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eConversely, I have found the opposite to hold true. Much of what has informed these paintings has been a profound sense of aliveness, desire and power.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is something ecstatic and yes, also terrifying, about the experience of learning to fully inhabit oneself - the central, underlying theme of this work - and in that intense honesty, lives a complex and intoxicating freedom.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e- Katherine Sheers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOpening 12th September, the show will run for two weeks, closing at the end of day on the 25th September.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe gallery will open on the following days, and all other days by appointment:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTuesday 15th September 11-4pm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTuesday 22nd September  11-4pm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePlease call 07725830195 or email hello@galleryathome.co.uk to make an appointment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI very much hope you will join us to view and enjoy this new era of Katherine's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eArtwork from this exhibition will be available to purchase online from 13th September.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exhibition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55258707689791,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/5752\/7359\/files\/katherine-sheers-initiation_510a9cc9-ea90-47ea-9c60-037fe3eab5f4.jpg?v=1788287561","url":"https:\/\/www.galleryathome.co.uk\/products\/bone-deep","provider":"galleryathome","version":"1.0","type":"link"}