The Water Understands

Overview

This contemporary art exhibition explores water as both life-sustaining and as a metaphor for the human experience. Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem Water, the exhibition reflects water's emotional and intellectual depths — its ability to summon empathy, heartbreak, pleasure and destruction. It also examines how water imparts and enshrines various forms of knowledge, from the historical, cultural and poetic to the political and aesthetic.

Featuring artists who work across diverse media and cultural narratives, The Water Understands delves into the metaphorical significance of that most abundant of liquids. Offering a multifaceted exploration of its impact on human life, knowledge, and creativity, this show invites reflection on how water shapes our understanding of the world.

Angela Tiatia, 'Narcissus'

Top image: Tamara Dean, Turbulance