Neural
Notations
Curated by Donna Leigh Schumacher
January 17 - February 10, 2001
Curated by San Francisco artist Donna Leigh Schumacher, Neural
Notations is a show of Bay Area artists which has also toured to
the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and the Mary Porter Sesnon
Art Gallery in 2000. Investigating the complex and mysterious undertakings
of the human mind, Neural Notations is a exhibition which brings
empathy and compassion to an often difficult subject matter, exploring
the inseperable relationship between the biological and the daily
formation of human experience.
In a cross-pollination between disciplines and
media, Neural Notations translates the dynamic connection between
neurological functioning and emotional perspective. It is naturally
along the boundaries of the normalcy that we can most easily recognize
the impact of this physiological connection. The definition of 'atypical'
is intentionally broadly based, allowing the viewer to recognise
the range and complexity of the spectrum. The work transforms repercussions
of epilepsy, monopolar affective disorder, manic depression, as
well as the complex mystery of so called "neuro-typical"
brain functioning. The ambiguities of an imperfect science are translated
through the more personal and intuitive medium of art. By illuminating
the spectrum of the neurological continuum, Neural Notations hopes
to elucidate a mysterious realm to which we all belong.
Reviews & Essays
Neural Notations -
curated by Donna Leigh Schumacher
Essay by Emma Bugden
in The Physics
Room Annual 2001
ISBN 0-9582359-1-0
It
came from California
Log 13, Winter 2001, p. 32-33
Wood, Andrew Paul
Neural Notations, a group show curated by Donna Leigh Schumacher
<also available
on-line>
Neural Notations
Asian Art News, vol. 11; March/April
2001, p.88
Fusco, Cassandra
Neural analysis
The Press, 2001 Jan. 31, p. 30
Wright, Nik.
Neural Notations curated by Donna Leigh Schumacher.
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