Daily Archives: October 16, 2017

May Wallace + Gilly Thomas at Clayton Whites Hotel, Wexford

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20 October to 6 November 2017

An exhibition of paintings and sculpture at Clayton Whites Hotel brings together painter, Mary Wallace and sculptor, Gilly Thomas who both enjoy exploring the natural side of life – pure intuitive shape, simplicity of line, beauty and colour found in nature. One works in bronze; the other uses gold!

Intrigued by Japanese culture and ideas, Mary Wallace finds beauty in imperfection, extraordinary in the everyday, complexity in simple things. Her creative style is immediate, vibrant and contemporary. Her use of colour suspended in beeswax, paired with pure gold, makes for an opulent visual experience.

Gilly Thomas shows bronze sculpture influenced by the wildlife seen sauntering past her studio window. With the minimum of detail she endeavours to capture the essence of the form with simple clean lines, creating pieces that are visually quiet so you are able to absorb the natural contours with eye and hand.

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Clayton Whites Hotel
Abbey St, Ferrybank South, Wexford
T: (053) 912 2311
W: claytonwhiteshotel.com

The Road Not Taken | Group Exhibition at The Grain Store, Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry

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28 October to 19 December 2017

7 artists come together to create a group exhibition based on their response to the much loved poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost.

The contributing artists are as follows; Antonio Sammartano, Albano Paolinelli, Gentian Lulani, Ellen Barrett, Siobhan Duggan, Lar Mccarthy and Anna Barden. Opening address by Tim Severin.

All Welcome!

The Grain Store
Ballymaloe House
Shanagarry
Co. Cork
T: 021 475 7200
E: res@ballymaloe.ie
W: ballymaloegrainstore.com

Lost State | Hugh McCabe and Suzanne Walsh at Draiocht, Dublin

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19 October to 4 November

Lost State – Hugh McCabe and Suzanne Walsh – First Floor Gallery

Lost State, a mixed-media installation by Hugh McCabe and Suzanne Walsh, comprises of photography, voice, 3D animation and audio. The work centres around photographs of disused computer parts shot from the imagined point of view of future entities uncovering the technological detritus of our time. A soundtrack accompanying the photographs alludes to a speculative narrative about the circumstances of the discovery of these objects and their significance for those finding them. A short film using digital 3D modelling and rendering techniques simulates drone footage of the exploration of one of the discovered objects.

The photographs are all shot on a large format 4”x5” analogue film camera in order to make a connection with early photographic history and its use as a form of documentation and enquiry. The work aims to trouble the boundaries between various categories: the organic and the inorganic; the imagined future and the perceived past; the human and the technological; the analogue and the digital; the secular and the sacred.

Hugh McCabe is a Dublin-based lecturer, musician and artist. He is graduate of the MA ‘Art In the Contemporary World’ course at NCAD and teaches critical theory and 3D graphics at the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown. Suzanne Walsh is an artist, writer and musician whose cross-disciplinary work moves between the literary, music and art worlds. Suzanne has an editorial practice, including the magazine Critical Bastards, and is currently a resident artist at Fire Station Artists’ Studios.

Curated by Sharon Murphy, Draíocht Curator-in-Residence 2017.

Draiocht
The Blanchardstown Centre
Dublin 15
T: 01 885 2622
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