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Image: Sophie Shukla and her late father.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sheffield-based artist Sophie Shukla has claimed she hopes to encourage people to laugh about grief with her new exhibition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Titled \u2018It\u2019s Okay, You Can Laugh\u2019, the exhibition will launch on May 22 and has been advertised with the tagline \u2018Bring out your dead, it\u2019s time to party. An art exhibition on grief\u2019.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cComing out of a year where everyone has felt loss in some form, I figured it was time to discuss grief in an artistic sort of way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main goal of the exhibition is to talk about it in a positive light, that\u2019s why it\u2019s called \u2018It\u2019s Okay, You Can Laugh\u2019 because we want to be able to make jokes and maybe use dark humour.\u201d<\/p>\n

A postgraduate student at The University of Sheffield, Miss Shukla has drawn on her own personal experiences of grief to produce the exhibition, having lost both her parents.<\/p>\n

Miss Shukla, 22, said: \u201cWhenever I tell people about my parents, I get the \u2018oh, I\u2019m so sorry’ and the awkwardness, where they don\u2019t know what to say. It gets boring after a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing wrong with saying you\u2019re sorry or not knowing what to say, but the whole point is that you don\u2019t have to say anything. If we were to open national conversations about it, we would learn it\u2019s not something that needs to be awkward and unsaid, the elephant in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n

Work began on the exhibition during the first lockdown, and Miss Shukla has been aided by her friends on the project. She believes the Covid-19 pandemic has ensured everyone will be able to relate to the exhibition, regardless of whether they have lost a loved one.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cWe\u2019ve all been through a national trauma, so even if you had a perfect life with no upset or worries, you will be able to relate to this in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The promotional poster for the exhibition.<\/p><\/div>\n

The exhibition will be hosted at Trafalgar Warehouse in Sheffield, and admission is priced at \u00a33. 20 per cent of the proceeds will be donated to The Good Grief Trust, a charity that supports the bereaved in the UK.<\/p>\n

Miss Shukla said: \u201cThere\u2019s no need to be awkward about grief, it\u2019s a natural part of life. Hopefully, we can just laugh about it, as the title says.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you are affected by this story, contact the National Bereavement Partnership helpline on 0800 448 0800.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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