Looking up at the Saatchi Gallery: The Sun and the moon exhibition
The sun and the moon exhibit at the Saatchi Gallery is now open to the public - a celestial vision brought to life.
By Emma Griffiths
T
he world spins and so do we.
I’ve been thinking. Evoked by murmurings in London of the The Sun and The Moon Exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, my brain pondered over the same thought. The thought that we don’t really look up – or at least – not as much as we used to.
We’re always looking ahead, to another day, an alternate reality.
But when you look up you see what’s missing. You see more of yourself and life than ever before. Constant redirection, confusion, false perception, reinvention and regression all comes down to diversion of the truth. And the truth is... you are small.
At night when I look up at the sky, I see that I am small.
Stars glistening and winking their eye, their constellations and whirling pools of colour that fragment in the midnight. The Moon sees me with her gentle face, caressing the sky with her bright smile.
At day when I look up at the sky, I see that I am small.
The sun beams her beauty across the perishable yet resilient landscape, polishing my skin with her warm reflection. The clouds parting, floating and evolving into shapes, trees that cast shadows on the ground, shimmering with June heat, swaying above, like a hand saying hello. When I look up at her branches I know I am small.
We distance ourselves from these celestial phenomena, we cast ourselves apart from the beauty and magic of what they hold, but above and on earth, holds generations of history and greatness that is far from small. From folk-law to witches to the moon landings, they represent more than the light and dark but the ever evolving answers to femininity and masculinity, ancient mythologies, early cosmologies, to contemporary art and popular culture.
The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial is a major exhibition exploring how the two most powerful phenomena in the sky have inspired creativity, curiosity and belief throughout human history and across different cultures.
The exhibition explores the profound influence these celestial bodies continue to have on human imagination and shows us that the sun and moon are an intrinsic part of us. Running from 5 June to 8 September the exhibition – supported by Cazenove Capital – has a depth and wonder like never seen before.
Walking through this exhibition weaves the rich tapestry that is the human race and the powerful binding of our souls and existence, to those in the sky. There is nothing small about powerful minds, creativity, community and culture. Look up and I think you’ll see all you’re trying to find.
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