THE PLEASURES WE FEEL

Liminal Gallery is delighted to present ‘The Pleasures We Feel’ an online solo exhibition by Olivia Strange. Witch-like talons, breasts, tentacles and oysters intermingle in Strange’s multi-disciplinary works, celebrating the physicality of touch and engaging new dialogues around queer sensuality and sexuality. They hinge on a sense of intimacy and desire, the deliciously edible and the grotesque.

‘The Pleasures We Feel’ forms part of an ongoing series entitled 3 Works For 3 Weeks, an innovative take on the traditional solo exhibition promoting slow looking and true engagement with the artist, the artworks and the concepts behind them. Each exhibition in the series features 3 artworks alongside text and detail images to give an intimate insight. The exhibitions run for just 3 weeks and all invited artists are either national or international, but are currently working within the UK and Republic of Ireland, to show the breadth and diversity of art available across the countries.

The reclamation of the colour pink is an important aspect to the artist and the colour reoccurs throughout her work. Pink is synonymous with the feminine and thought to be more emotional and weaker. However in history it was originally the colour to signify the masculine; a combination of white, for power, and red, for blood. It was the colour of warriors and the military, of strength and leadership. Strange’s works subverts the consensus on the colour, while also creating a deliciously edible aspect to the works, the pastel colours almost become the icing on a cake.