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Comfort Zones brings together works by twelve artists from the UK and abroad exploring the environment which we might call home. The title of the exhibition is enticing, conjuring up images of warm, safe private places, far removed from the public, open and vulnerable world we live in. Our homes fill a variety of functions in our lives: they are places of comfort and belonging, and they are often reflect the sort of people that we are, or indeed, desire to be - whether that is through the colours we decorate our rooms with, or the objects we place on our mantelpieces. Comfort Zones mixes video with installation, textile, sculpture, drawing, video and short film. The works in the show play with humour, encouraging us to look at our own homes, belongings, rituals and comforts with fondness and indulgence. Yet not all the comfort zones explored here are all that they may seem. Many of the works are disconcerting, questioning, and often surreal, revealing events, memories and stories far from what we might expect. Our homes are exposed as sinister, unknown places, which can make us feel unsettled or even afraid. The works in this exhibition explore the contrasts of the home: the familiar, private and secure, against the unfamiliar, unnerving, surreal and unexpected.
Artist(s): Banks D, Bush P, Conran M, Cuddon K, Dabrowska A, Heffernan C, Hopkins L, Kersels M, Saunders N, Savage J, Simonsson O, Stjarne-Nilsson J
Publication type: Exhibition
Publication status: Published
Year: 2007
Number of Pieces: 10
Venue: Oriel Davies Gallery
Location: National Touring Exhibition
Source Publication Date: 2007-2008
Media of Output: Drawings
URL: http://www.orieldavies.org/en/shop/publications/comfort-zones
