- Venue
- Nicholas Gallery
- Starts
- Monday, October 10, 2022
- Ends
- Thursday, October 20, 2022
- Address
- 571 Lisburn Rd., Belfast BT9 7GS
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Using abstract visual language, Berkery processes and repackages the human lived experience and our responses to who we are, our environment, and the social and political landscapes that surround us.
Speaking about the colour symbolism within her work, Emma offered this insight:
“Colour is powerfully evocative and speaks directly to our emotions. In this series of work, I have drawn on the symbolism of colour within the writings of Clarissa Pinkola Estés, a Jungian psychoanalyst. Black features often in my paintings…it symbolises that the light will come, that truths hidden will become clear, it is both a refuge and a shadow. White, creates the promise of new beginnings, that voids will be filled, that the soul can be nourished. Other colours also feature and each viewer will bring their own associations, which adds to the richness of the interpretations of the paintings.”
The exhibition, part of the Visual Arts programme of Belfast International Arts Festival 60th Anniversary celebrations runs from 5th of October to the 20th October
