Exhibition tells story of childhood trauma
18 May, 2021 11:20 PM
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Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz I became someone else the first time I was touched. Trapped in a body that doesn t belong to me. I look upwards, asking for help. My eyes are trying to tell, but no one sees. Tears fall as my innocence is taken. I have lost who I am, and fear who I have become. Catherine Daniels.
Not many art exhibitions come with a warning, but this one does. It will affect you. The Secret Keeper is an exhibition like no other, and it is showing at Whanganui Community Arts Centre from Friday.
The Secret Keeper book to be launched at Whanganui exhibition opening
19 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Catherine Daniels 40 sculptures each tell a story of her past. Photo / Esther Bunning
Whanganui Chronicle
The Secret Keeper, a confronting exhibition telling the story of childhood trauma and sexual abuse, opens in Whanganui this week.
The opening will include the launch of Catherine Daniels book of the same name which contains metaphors and images, taken by photographer Esther Bunning, that complement the exhibition.
Sculptor and author Daniels was nearly 50 when she realised her secrets made her unwell.
After meeting Whanganui-based author Joan Rosier-Jones she started to unfold the layers of her history through words, many of them in a metaphorical form.