September 17, 2025

Sense and perception allow interaction with art in a non-visual way at the Durham Art Gallery

BY SOUTHGREY.CA — The Durham Art Gallery exhibition The Scales That Fall From Our Eyes had its Opening Reception on Saturday, September 13. It features the works of Olivia Brouwer, an interdisciplinary artist based in Cambridge.

Her work has been exhibited in a number of shows, primarily across Southern Ontario and she has been lauded by several local and national art shows and funding authorities.

According to the artist, "The Scales That Fall From Our Eyes is an invitation to attune into sense and perception, through the abstracted visuals and Braille language works, to interact with art in different ways and to enrich these experiences in non-visual ways."

Her website describes Olivia: "As a partially blind artist, Brouwer explores the idea of blindness through her art, melding organic and geometric abstraction with scenes inspired by natural organisms and spiritual teachings relating to vision from both a metaphorical and literal sense. Inspired by the Rorschach Inkblot Test, she addresses blindness by examining ideas surrounding belief, perception, clarity, and sight with an abstract image."

An artist talk will be held on November 8. The Scales That Fall From Our Eyes exhibit will continue until November 9 at the Durham Art Gallery. Events are free to attend. The gallery is open Wednesday to Friday from 10 am until 4 pm, Saturdays and Sundays from noon until 4 pm.

 

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