HIP GALLERY WRITING DANGEROUSLY EXHIBITION

HIP Gallery Writing Dangerously, an exhibition by Richard Lees

You’re invited to the launch of the HIP Gallery’s new exhibition on Friday 10th August at 6:30pm. In the HIP Gallery on Level 1 of Princes Quay. Prints will be available for purchase at the Gallery Shop next door.

Richard Lees’ ‘Writing Dangerously’ focuses on two literary giants, Mary McCarthy and Arundhati Roy. Who each showed the courage of their beliefs by going to front line war zones – Vietnam for McCarthy and central India for Roy – to find the truth buried beneath the lies and propaganda, and to write honestly about the realities they discovered.

Roy’s Walking With the Comrades (2011) and McCarthy’s Seventeenth Degree (1974) powerfully represent communities fighting back against the brutal onslaught of state war machines and the destruction of natural resources. For both the North Vietnamese and the Naxalites in central India, defending their lands against invasions and degradation is the root of their political struggle; Richard hopes that “Writing Dangerously” visually represents this deeply felt, communal connection to the lands they fight to protect.

For more information about Rich Lees and his work, visit his website HERE.

The exhibition is open for viewing from Friday the 3rd of August. The official launch event is the following Friday (10th August, 6.30pm).
The exhibition is then open 12-5pm Tuesday to Saturday & 12-4pm on Sundays until Sunday 23rd September. Free entry.