Poetic Faith: The Spiritual Sensibility of Joanna Margaret

Joanna Margaret Paul’s multidisciplinary practice encompassed a poetic and aesthetic spiritual sensibility.

Expanding upon her contribution to the catalogue for Joanna Margaret Paul: Imagined in the Context of a Room, Joanna Osborne will present an illustrated lecture on the varying and interconnected threads of spiritual and religious intuition across Paul’s practice.

Dr Joanna Osborne is a researcher in art history, with an interest in the interdisciplinary study of religion and spirituality. She has published on the work of Joanna Margaret Paul and Allie Eagle in local and international contexts, and is currently researching at the intersection of new religious movements and women’s art histories.

Joanna Margaret Paul: Imagined in the Context of a Room is curated by Lauren Gutsell, Lucy Hammonds and Greg Donson.

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IMAGE Joanna Margaret Paul, Stations of the Cross working drawing, 1970s, ink and acrylic on paper. Given by the estate of Joanna Margaret Paul, 2008, Hocken Collections, Uare Taoka Hākena, University of Otago.