Artist Audrey Salmon exhibition examining how our minds are polluted by images of paradise is on at Wits Art Museum

By CityLife Arts Writer

Currently Wits Art Museum (WAM) is hosting an exhibition worth visiting. In her exhibition In the Wake of Flouted Bodies, Audrey Salmon examines the idea that our minds and bodies are polluted with endless images of Paradise promising happiness, resulting in the constriction, amputation and systematic destruction of bodies, ideas and potential.

This body of work seeks to demonstrate the beauty and violence embedded in the use of repetition while placing emphasis on existing but often overlooked spaces that hold the potential to impart nuances and impart time.
 

The exhibition forms part of the artist’s submission towards a Creative-Arts PhD at the Wits School of Arts. In the Wake of Flouted Bodies will be on show from 01 – 26 March 2022.

WAM is open to the public from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:00 – 16:00. In accordance with Covid regulations there are restrictions on the number of people allowed into the museum at any one time.
In keeping with the Wits Covid-19 protocols, please adhere to the following regulations.

In the morning before you arrive, please complete the Wits Covid screening form by dialing the code *120*8501# and following the prompts. Wits students can access the screening form by dialing the code *134*8627# or on the LogBox app. Physical forms will also be available at the Security desk at reception.
 Wear a mask, keep a safe social distance and sanitise regularly.

Only those who obtain and present their clearance for verification will be permitted to enter WAM.

Please note that Wits University has adopted a mandatory vaccination policy that will be implemented as below:
 As of 01 March 2022, all visitors to university premises, including WAM, will also be required to present their ID and digital Vaccination Certificate with QR code (Version 2) confirming their vaccination status. Download a copy in advance of your visit for presentation.