The upcoming group show Anatomica, at Sydneys Plump Gallery, delves into one of the much loved objects of artistic expression: the female body.

“….conception…growth…birth…

The female form is recognized as desirable, feminine and beautiful, but there is a contrast to this sensibility, examined through a medical lens or in natural lighting. This is that the female form is not merely just an object of desire or gaze but a divine and highly visceral complex.
Anatomica consists of work by nine mixed-media Artists whose work relates to figurative art and the human form.

Through history Artists and Art critics have been obsessed with a female figures lines,flesh and facial features. Here we take a look under the surface at a quality far more intangible and one even more capturing.

Through media including sculpture, studio glass, textiles, graffiti and much more the show promises a conglomeration of ideas reflecting parts of this remarkable bodily narrative.

The female bodies life giving capabilities and ability to transform embodies existence its self. The maternal cycle provides a dynamic foundation as well as a platform for the Artists to interpret and relate to. Whether it is the exploration of an anatomical element or the conception and birth of an artistic idea in itself, each artist will subjectively function as a different organ or limb of an entire body.
Through a maternal structure of conception, mutation and growth to birth this is a study into its existential nature; molecularly grotesque at times and always organically beautiful.”

You can expect all forms of anatomy, and beautiful renditions of the womanly aspects in this show, across a diverse range of mediums and artistic talent. Definitely a cool show to check out this week.

Who: Anastasia Liolio, Clint Sf Bautista, Ioulia Petrova, Julia Angelina
Rich,  Lim Cheung Ha,  Rebecca Murphy, Samantha Marlin, Terrible
Horrible, YMT
What: Anatomica group show
Where: Plump Gallery, 240 Enmore Rd, Enmore, Sydney
When: Show opens Thursday 7th June from 6pm and runs til Thursday 21st June.

Check out the Facebook event page for more info on the show!