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“Visceral” encapsulates the profound, gut-level impact of the artwork created by both Izzie Beirne and K.T. Kobel. Their works bypass the cerebral, engaging directly with the body’s instinctual responses. This quality is crucial in their exploration of trauma, healing, and the human condition, as it captures the raw, unmediated reactions that such deep, personal experiences provoke.
In Beirne’s art, the visceral response is evoked through the tangible manipulation of materials and subjects that stand in for the body and its traumas. The act of crushing and tearing into food, with juices …