THE female form has been used for eons as inspiration for art. The opportunity for Janice Cherry's current exhibition at the Cultúrlann, Torsos was given to her on the back of her degree show at Belfast School of Art in 2023. Janice is now completing a Masters in Fine Art but this has not stopped her from completing work for the large exhibition space. The highlight of the exhibition is a series of female torsos. The sculptured glazes on the surface of the torsos are like archaeological finds, as if dug up from some long forgotten battle. The exhibition description explains perhaps the battle of life and the "contemplation of sharing of knowledge, skills and resilience to life's challenges and traumas passed on through memory from our ancestors".
