CAPTURING WHAT CANNOT BE CAPTURED

Karen Sewell‘s artworks investigate connections between abstraction and spiritual experience. The floating sculpture Luminary at the Cathedral accompanies the exhibition at Atelier.

Capturing What Cannot Be Captured at ATELIER Studio|Gallery and the extended presentation of Luminary showing at the Cathedral explore relationships between form, colour, light, space and sound.

The work seeks to evoke the unfathomable mystery and beauty of cosmic phenomena, and act as a potential threshold into the terrain of the numinous. The exhibition includes the use of spherical and circular forms in sculptural and painted works that reflect artist Karen Sewell’s interest in celestial bodies and sacred geometries. Here, the original use of the term ‘luminary’ references natural light-giving bodies, cosmic or celestial. A luminary can also be a person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere.

Gallery Opening Hours: Weds – Sat 11am – 5pm
Opening preview: ATELIER Studio|Gallery | Fri 6 Oct 5.30pm
Night Vision: ATELIER Studio|Gallery | Thurs 19 Oct Galley open until 8pm

Christ Church Cathedral: open daily Mon-Sun: 8.30am-5pm
Extended evening hours: Thurs 19, Sat 21, Tues 24, Fri 27 + Sun 29 Oct 8.30am-8pm
Artist Talk: Christ Church Cathedral | Sat 21 Oct 2pm

Accessibility Programme:

Visual Art and Christ Church Cathedral Audio Described Tour
Sat 28 Oct | 2:30pm – 5:30pm
Starting at Refinery ArtSpace, 114 Hardy Street, Nelson and finishing at the Christ Church Cathedral.
To register, email access@nelsonartsfestival.nz, or call/text the Nelson Arts Festival on 027 241 4599.