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‘The Language of Silence’ Exhibition September 12 – September 18, 2015 The Virginia Gallery

‘The Language of Silence’
   
   September 12 – September 18

  The Virginia Gallery
    45 Virginia Street, Glasgow G1 1TS

The Language of Silence highlights the potential of silence as an active agent through which political exigencies may be explored. Through understated, sometimes deliberately obscured works, the exhibition presents poetic commentaries on current contexts which hold personal significance for the artists.

Hong-Kong born artist Lin Li entwines autobiography with broader concerns, questioning the possibility of attaining a free voice. London born Sulaïman Majali works between sculpture, film and performance art to negotiate the challenge of translating across cultures, and envisions a mythology of an imagined community. Zimbabwean writer Tawona Sithole extends an invitation to reveal what might be contained within silence.

Opening hours:

Saturday 12 September 11.00 – 16.30
Sunday 13 September 12.00 – 17.00
Monday 14 September 11.00 – 17.00
Tuesday 15 September 11.00 – 17.00
Wednesday 16 September 11.00 – 17.00
Thursday 17 September 11.00 – 17.00
Friday 18 September 11.00 – 16.00

Photo Credit: Sulaiman Majali. Film Still from ‘Towards an Archive of an Impossible History,’ 2015.

Curated by Ashley Holdsworth. Part of the Glasgow School of Art Graduate Degree Show 2015

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