Title: 2009 Purgatorio Sydney Location: Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery 515 Sydney Rd, Seaforth NSW Date: 2009/03/20 Description: Travelling Exhibition begins its tour in Sydney on March 20. Some work from this show will be on in Perth at Linton and Kay Gallery Subiaco in September 2009 Norton has used a meditation on Dante Alegheri’s 13th century Cantos – “The Divine Comedy” and in particular the middle section “Purgatorio” to interweave the very old theme of Purgatory and the Seven Deadly Sins as seen by Dante, with her own creative thoughts on contemporary multicultural spiritual life.  This has resulted in a very brave, potent and prescient body of work with easily definable references to current events, despite the theme being founded in observations made by philosophers thousands of years ago.  “Psychologically we haven’t really changed much over thousands of years other than having become far more confused by too much information laced with fear filled judgment.  By removing our religious and cultural bias in order to freely and openly access some of the great cultural tools provided by the underpinnings of social belief systems we often find practical and well rounded personal and social guidelines to which we can refer throughout our life journey”. Virgils Vanguard SOLD Men Still Walk Home Late - For Sale Life Will Eat You - For Sale Suburban Alchemist - For Sale The Last Coffee - For Sale Galapagos Manipulation - SOLD Mans Rocks - For Sale Hope Rainbow - For Sale Virgil From Mumbai - SOLD Very Large Blue Cat - For Sale Encounter - For Sale Tragedy - For Sale Doggies - For Sale Respite - For Sale Essay on Sydney Purgatorio by Helen Norton