³CATHARTIC², Recent Installation & Metallic Prints – Abba Fine Arts, Miami
Catharsis: n. an experience or feeling of spiritual release and purification brought about by an intense emotional experience. The purging of emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, such as tragedy or music.
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In Drama, the emotion of catharsis is one of a spiritual cleansing experienced by an audience after witnessing a tragedy. It is this very emotion that artist Debra Holt aims to inspire with ³Cathartic² at Abba Fine Art through the end of October.
³Cathartic² the new exhibition in Gallery One focuses on Hope, Renewal, & Moving Forward, encouraging the public to move on and rebuild while remembering at the same time ³May We Never Forget². After visiting New York City this year, Holt was inspired to add a new hopeful element to the ³911 Revisited² Installation located in Gallery Two. The recent exhibit ³Cathartic² is dedicated to the victims¹ families, survivors, firefighters, police officers and to the nation to experience hope and healing, to rebuild and move forward.
Holt¹s artistic statement with Cathartic, takes the visitor back to that day, not only to serve as a reminder of the destruction and to honor the acts of heroism and kindness committed on that day, but also to serve as encouragement for rebuilding. Like the show¹s title implies, Cathartic aims to alleviate the world of its own emotional tension through art, in order to make room for a more positive reconstruction, both in the physical site of the World Trade Center as well as within ourselves. The installation ³Silent September² pays tribute to the victims. ³It¹s Time Rebuild² images encourage growth, moving forward and rebuilding. The metallic prints offer messages of spiritual hope, cleansing, renewal, letting go, and moving forward.
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