The Norman Rea Gallery is excited to announce the second exhibition of our 2025/26 Committee:

“Displacement: Changing Frames”. Using the theme of displacement as a point of departure, this

exhibition deals with past and present depictions of and from displaced communities, individual and

collective reflections on the sense of place, relationships of cultural identity and memoirs of

migration. With the current escalation of forced displacement, this exhibition offers alternative

narratives of the global crisis, presenting multiple visual perspectives.

Through this exhibition we aim to question the uncompromising narratives so often pushed upon us by wider societal structures, creating space for those affected by displacement to communicate their stories within the gallery space and present the viewer with a perspective rarely seen within mainstream media.

Displacement: Changing Frames challenges visitors to think about what is present and what is absent

in the visual culture and to develop discourse on the current social and political affairs. Through the

curation we hope to reinvent spaces for the presentation and reception of feelings, forms and

fragments and the material, corporeal and generational effects of different journeys of displacement.

The opening night for Displacement: Changing Frames will take place on the 27th of November at

18:30-21:00. In addition to the exhibition, the Norman Rea will run events, further drawing upon the

themes raised within the artworks displayed.