JABBERWOCKY
and other nonsense in the here and now
13-18 March 2018

Jabberwocky and other nonsense in the here and now is an art exhibition inspired by Lewis Carroll’s ‘Jabberwocky’, one of the greatest examples of nonsense literature. The show includes a myriad of contemporary messages about playing with fantasy in order to comprehend reality and to defeat menace. This encompasses two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks (painting, photography, print, mixed media, installation), as well as video/film and performance, all of which may be political, personal or as nonsensical as the poem itself. With the poem at focus, artists convey impressions of today’s Jabberwocky narrative both figuratively and in abstract forms, drawing from playful and serious perspectives.

Featuring:
Denise Wyllie, Ida Ndoni, Kevin Derbyshire, Lawrence Mathias, Les Lismore, Liz Derbyshire,
Jonathan Graham, Cristina Cantilena,Lizy Bending, Ben Mellor, Helen Lack, Elena Rizzardi,
Yolanda Pinto Medina, Verena Giavelli, Sonia Stanbury, Adolfo Solarte (FITO), Naïg Thomé,
Marcos Buarque de Hollanda, Art Hop Life, Marcia Mar,Andrés González-Meneses, Janet Moses,
Meliha Gunenc, Julia Schoklitsch, Edson Costa, Luciana Mariano.

Curated by Ana Cockerill

Ana Cockerill Curatorial Projects presents the Jabberwocky exhibition, Lewis Carroll’s holedwelling monster creeps to zany life amongst us, through the diverse works of an international artist assembly. Nonsense’s surrealism teases us, playfully, seriously and darkly, to a deeper reality. The images span colours which trip between joy and fear, as shafts of toyshop sunlight host residual shadows, whose weight still lingers nearby.
 
Sonya Stanbury’s Jubjub Bird laments the pathos of evil. In Trans-form-ando, Marcia Mar’s arboreal-primitivist spirit winds blow through the dark branches shading a grey face: a seeing soul, in the stark company of foreground ocular satellites. Under the light of blues and reds, Adolfo Solarte’s spring fire blazes the joy after the storm. Lizy Bending’s Untitled with boots, sees a floral wall’s spring trip drawn into mourning human loss.