Find out what is normal.

"Made five years before autism diagnosis, in an autoethnigraphic attempt to express and critique the constraints of social and gender norms."--provided by the artist.

A drawing of a topless peson with blue hair on a pink background holding a sign that reads "Find out what is normal then act being that".

[London, England : 2017]

1 sheet : mixed materials ; cm

"Nicola Field is a writer, researcher, artist and socialist activist."--From artist's website.

Title provided by the artist.

Our Emotions Are Real is a travelling visitor-participation installation focused on neurodiverse creative engagement and innovation. Fourteen large-scale digital prints from wild, expressive neurodivergent paintings, drawings and writings – with art materials, noise reduction and spaces for visitors to reflect, draw, dream, protest, tell their stories – and comment on and be part of the show. This piece is an original of one of the prints used in the installation.--Adapted from artist's documentation.

Wellcome Collection 3389871i

Series exhibited at Art Bank, 8 March - 1 April 2024.

Series exhibited at Marxism 2024: a festival of socialist ideas, University College London, 4 - 7 July 2024.

Series exhibited at Arts as Refuge conference, New Art Gallery, Walsall, 19 - 20 September 2025.

Series exhibited at London Arts and Health creative sandpit session, Wellcome Collection, 15 October 2025.

Series exhibited at Sand Ends Arts & Community Centre, 31 October - 2 November 2025.

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