Healing and pain are close companions of human existence. Regeneration demands energy, suffering is often relieved by a messy recovery process, growing is exhausting.
Four artists accentuate different nuances of the main motif –

Fleshy visceral paintings that almost taste like sweat. Ritualistic sculptures that celebrate material as form. Intricately crafted tapestry and a tale of the burned-out curator. Visions of sleek augmented desire production. Paradoxical realities composed of insects, pesticides and plants. All is designed for simultaneous success and failure, buzzing with prevalence and loss.

Healing and pain are corporeal.
Healing and pain are ideological.
Healing and pain are inscribed into art production.
Healing and pain are described for art consumption.
Healing and pain are components of desire – promising catharsis to each other again and again.
Healing and pain are ambiguous and brittle.
Healing and pain are powerful motors.
Healing and pain are never final.

So how to get over it? 

— Sasha Levkovich