Lauren Shanahan - Becoming
Bodhi Gallery is proud to present BECOMING, the new exhibition by Lauren Shanahan.
We spend much of our lives in a perpetual state of ‘becoming’. This is very much a normal part of the cycle of life, yet something we humans, for some reason, do not find easy to accept. Lauren has always been more interested in the change than the result; the journey than the destination; the chrysalis than the butterfly. Because the transformation is often difficult, often painful, the procedure holds more colour and more truth; we reveal more when we are moving than when we stand still.
‘Becoming’ is a show about the process of losing one’s self in order to re-discover the different parts of one’s personality again; and the happiness that this can bring. It’s about celebrating the return of childlike characteristics that adulthood has tried to destroy. It’s the discovery of the parts of your personality that you love and that you love to hate…. all the different parts of us that make up the whole. Most importantly, it’s about who you tell yourself you are when you look in the mirror everyday and about becoming who you’ve always dreamed of becoming.
‘Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death’ - Anais Nin
‘Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more’ - Anthony Robbins
‘I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming’ - Katherine Mansfield
‘One lives in the hope of becoming a memory’ - Antonio Porchia
‘You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be’ - David Viscott
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Opening night: Thursday, July 23rd @ 18:30
Exhibition: July 23rd - August 2nd
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About the artist
Lauren has always been interested in the creative world, and in particular looking at ways in which art can somehow shape and assist one’s personal development. For many years, however, the pressures of daily life working in the corporate world prevented her from exploring this aspect of herself.
Lauren started painting again just over 2 years after a very long 7-year break from the canvass. It began purely as a hobby, and for the functional purpose of decorating the bare walls of her flat. As her work developed, however, she began to realize that her work contained strong messages and ideas that she wanted to share.
