Mind, Body And Soul - Women in Prison exhibition

Novas Gallery - Camden
73 Parkway
Camden Town
London
NW1 7PP

020 7267 5641/9127

Closest tube: Camden Town

Private view: 27th September, 6- 9pm
Exhibition: 28th September – 11th November
Open: Wed–Sun, 11am- 5pm

The Novas gallery Camden, is bringing together artwork that depicts a sense of vitality, freedom and vibrant spirituality in the show Mind, Body and Soul. The artwork that is featured has been skilfully produced by women who are currently serving a prison term, or who have served their sentence and are now reintegrating themselves into the community. Mind, Body And Soul enables these women to have a louder voice in society and a vehicle for self-expression. Prison inevitably causes disruption and chaos to the lives of many women who are vulnerable and generally pose no risk to the public. It has been shown that most women in prison have experienced some form of domestic violence or have been victims of childhood abuse and many have mental health problems.Mind, Body And Soul has been carefully brought together by Eve McDougall who has exhibited at several large galleries, an extensive list which includes the Tate Modern. McDougall was born on the tough streets of Glasgow, and has had a harrowing past of poverty, neglect and eventual emancipation. Her moving autobiography entitled ‘A Wicked Fist’ tells of how Eve survived the trauma of being imprisoned in an adult prison at the age of fifteen. “In Mind Body And Soul we are orchestrating the greatest escape ever pulled off without a crime being committed and the opportunity for women in prison to exhibit for the very first time outside of her majesty’s pleasure and in a contemporary gallery space”.Eve McDougallCurated by Richard Seymour and Eve McDougall 108/72

For further information contact:Darren Asamoa on 020 7424 3021 or Darren.asamoa@novas.org

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