LONDON: THE HEALING GAZE

CAMDEN IMAGE GALLERY 

174 Royal College Street, Camden
London NW1 0SP

artisti: SANDRA CARDONA – LIZZIE CRAWFORD  – FRANCES CLARKE

RONI DOPPELT – PAUL ZAWADZKI – TONI ANDREA ZELTER

Curated by Stefania Carrozzini 

January  31 – February 11, 2024

Camden Image Gallery, in collaboration with MyMicroGallery, is delighted  to announce, “The Healing Gaze” an exhibition curated by Stefania Carrozzini, composed of six artists: Sandra Cardona, Lizzie Crawford, Frances Clarke, Roni Doppelt, Paul Zawadzki, Toni Andrea Zelter. In this exhibition, the artists offer different visual approaches to personal emotional experiences translated into their own distinctive expressive language between digital and painting. “Looking at something is very different from seeing it,  you don’t see   something until you see its beauty” Oscar Wilde wrote, and we have no doubt that beauty can create wellness, harmony, peace and connection with our soul. The Healing of the Gaze in art implies the therapeutic and transformative potential of visual experiences. It suggests that engaging with art can be a healing process, offering emotional, spiritual, or psychological nourishment through the act of perceiving and contemplating visual expressions. Art can harness the healing power within each one of us and it brings us into community with one another. In fact, when in front of an artwork, we are deeply connected to the artist and thusly to those who have experienced it. And connection, to ourselves and to others, is at the core of art and healing. This exhibition invites  everyone to pay more attention  all around us. Contemporary art , like contemporary life, is now a fast-moving landscape, to which artists refer to and sometimes even making simple eye contact with today’s art can be tough. The Healing Gaze is a concept that often refers to the idea that compassionate interactions, including eye contact can contribute to emotional well-being and physical healing. It emphasizes the therapeutic potential of human connection. In art, the concept of the Healing Gaze may manifest through visual representations that evoke emotions, convey empathy, or offer a sense of comfort. Art has the power to communicate and to evoke feelings, potentially contributing to a healing experience for viewers. This could include depictions of compassion, understanding, or scenes that resonate with personal or collective healing narratives.