Breathing Space

Brahm Gallery, Leeds
4 May – 6 June 2007

Breathing Space brings together a selection of contemporary visual artwork by some of the north of England’s most promising women artists. Reflecting on the notion of ‘breathing space’ the works range from installation, painting and photography to metalwork, collage and soft sculpture. As varied in conception as they are in material, the works on show engage in subjects as diverse as gender inequality, domesticity, heartbreak, isolation and space.

Yet the concept of a space to breathe is one, which to many, is regarded as a metaphorical opening, allowing time to spread out, escape and reflect. This moment is precious, and no more so than to those living with or affected by life-threatening illness. Breathing Space is a fundraising project supporting the Sue Ryder Care Wheatfields Hospice, which cares for people living with, or affected by, a serious illness.