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eloquent eviin which exthrough the plastic arts enables Stents to get in touch again with the said Professor G. M. Carstairs, of Psychological Medicine at e University of Edinburgh, opening exhibition of paintings by psychiatric tlents at the Institute of ContemporArts, 17 Dover Street, W.l, on aV It was no accident that t, e 5th, 1964. at the j exhibition should be on view stitiate of Contemporary Arts, he said, contemporary artists are peculiarly nsitive to the experience of alienation, b cause ?j, ?se they share it to some extent. , breaking new ground in the arts touch W^at 't s hke to be out have a fellow men .their they ge nuine feeling for any underprivileged g He added that we generally do to think what the mentally ill feel St?P about us, but that we can find some 0j. their feelings revealed in these n dence of the

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exhibition, under the title "Art as Nar mun'cat'on was or8anised by the Association for Mental Health ^ assistance from Messrs. William and Co. Ltd. and over one hunchosen by the art theraPaintings, p' s of eight psychiatric hospitals, were Q yiew to the public until May 23rd. kyman who is interested in contern art will be struck by how ^ese Paintings have in common Mth the work of professional painters su in the art galleries today. For art therapist and the psychiatrist, h0 eyer, they have a therapeutic interest lrnPortance. Painting, for those vyjth an illness whose very essence is iSo> fr?m normal society, may be the ? Practical means of communication. Psv .S-er'e-s of paintings can provide the with a record of the patient's and progress, and patients a so -lri8 together can exchange ideas in Clal 10 them to which neips auu?spnere atmosphere wnicn helps mem a

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