Contemporary Art + Ritual

How does ritual manifest itself in today’s society? Twelve artists explore this question in an experimental show Contemporary Art + Ritual.

Encompassing sound, light, word via dust, wood, thread and more the show reveals ritual to be an expression of human life that is undergoing a process of constant reinvention. The Crypt’s atmospheric brick vaulted corridors will take the viewer on a journey through healing, wishing, weaving, walking, cleaning, carving, folding, painting. A giant gold chain fashioned from bread snakes across the floor of a dark vault, two spectral life-sized figures made of dust hang from the ceiling, a ghostly woman conjures magpies from nowhere. In one chamber metal boxes emit birdsong reminding us of the passage of daily life, and in another hundreds of wishes are beamed out into the darkness. 

The show is curated by artists Caro Williams and Deborah Burnstone. 

Artists: Rosalind Barker, James S Bond, Deborah Burnstone, Zara Carpenter, Blandine Martin, Elspeth (Billie) Penfold, Zoe Simons-Walker, Hannah Stageman, Sally Tyrie, Nneka Uzoigwe, Jane Walker and Caro Williams.

Contemporary Art + Ritual will be on display at the Crypt Gallery from the 16th until 21th May 2019 | Open daily 10am to 6pm

Private View Thursday 16th May from 6pm until 9pm the artists will be present, all welcome