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Exhibition brings together 17 women artists inspired by spirit communication
An exhibition in New York brings together 17 women artists whose work emerged through communication with spirits.
Called Conduits of the Unseen, it is on view at Andrew Edlin Gallery in Tribeca.
One featured artist, Paulina Peavey, said a nonbinary spirit named Lacamo began communicating with her in the 1930s and inspired her work.
Curator Susan Aberth says the artists’ spirit messages call for an end to patriarchy and aim to make the world better.
The exhibition presents spirit-inspired art as a way to challenge social hierarchies, rather than only as an occult subject.
It also connects the artists’ practices to Surrealist “psychic automatism,” which André Breton adapted from mediums while removing its spiritual meaning.
Conduits of the Unseen: Women Artists Imagine Other Worlds brings together 17 women artists whose work emerged through spirit communication.
The exhibition is at Andrew Edlin Gallery in Tribeca, New York.
It highlights how esoteric art can challenge entrenched social hierarchies.
Curator Susan Aberth says the spirits’ messages are intended to better the world and reject patriarchy.
The exhibition includes work by Paulina Peavey, who attributed her art to a nonbinary spirit called Lacamo.
- Who
- The exhibition features 17 women artists, and curator Susan Aberth discusses their work.
- What
- Conduits of the Unseen: Women Artists Imagine Other Worlds brings together art that emerged through spirit communication.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Andrew Edlin Gallery in Tribeca, New York.
- Why
- The exhibition asks what esoteric art can make possible, including how it can challenge entrenched social hierarchies.
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- Artists
- 17 women artists
- Exhibition
- Conduits of the Unseen: Women Artists Imagine Other Worlds
- Venue
- Andrew Edlin Gallery, Tribeca, New York
- Artist
- Paulina Peavey
- Spirit
- Lacamo, described as nonbinary
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What people are saying
Their messages are specifically meant to better the world. And how do you better the world? All of the spirits say, ‘Get rid of patriarchy.’
He took it directly from spiritualist women, but he purged the metaphysical content completely from it,