Exhibition ‚Kintsugi: Healing Is Not Linear‘ by Gara Acosta
The artist Gara Acosta is presenting an exhibition on resilience at the Instituto de Estudios Hispánicos de Canarias in Puerto de la Cruz. The exhibition is based on kintsugi, the Japanese technique of repairing broken vessels with gold, thereby enhancing their value. It runs from 5 to 27 November.
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Acosta applies the philosophy of kintsugi to bodies that have been broken and mended. Their scars appear iridescent and luminous. They lend value to the experiences endured and strip pain, injury and grief of all blemish and shame.
Through her images, the exhibition aims to show that healing is not a linear process and is not easy. It involves necessary ups and downs, during which one's own boundaries, one's own space, coming to terms with suffering and self-acceptance become particularly important.
