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‘Judas Steer’ Vicky Langan (Wölflinge) at the Galway Arts Centre

Laoise — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:12:26 +0000

Saturday May 19th | 8pm Cost E 5 | BYOB | Vicky Langan is a Galway-born, Cork-based performer and curator whose “vulnerable, emotionally charged performances” (The Wire) have marked her out as one of the most challenging and unsettling presences on the Irish scene today. Her work is multifaceted, embracing not only various types of performance but also filmmaking and organising experimental music events. In this event, she will be bringing these three strands of her practice back home, giving Galway audiences a rare, concentrated one-night blast of the intensity that has made her a force to be reckoned with in Cork. Judas Steer will feature Langan as performer, filmmaker and curator. Her solo performance project, Wölflinge, uses flesh, fluid and self-built instruments to envelop audiences in an aura of dark intimacy. In opening herself emotionally, she creates warm yet discomforting rituals that at once embrace the viewers and remain resolutely private. Not only will Langan be performing, but she will also present an exhibition of recreations, relics and leavings of past performances. | www.vickylangan.com [1] [1] http://www.vickylangan.com

Siobhan McDonald at Galway Arts Centre

Laoise — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:34:49 +0000

25 May – 9 July | Opening 25th May, 2012 6pm-9pm | ‘Eye of the Storm’ | Siobhan McDonald’s work explores the idea of studying ‘nature’. Her recent works have been triggered by the eruptive nature of the Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajokull since 2010, alluding to tensions between chaos and entropy, and between the teleological and the merely random. For this exhibition, Eye of the Storm, she employs geology as a language to conceive an understanding of time and our relationship to a constantly evolving environment, juxtaposing new artworks in poetic relation with historical and geological artefacts. Early 20th century Jesuit seismograms from The School of Cosmic Physics, at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) which have never been on public view before and a series of newly realized works—drawings, paintings, sculpture, video and sound works — consider and reflect on the volcano, history, technology and mans’ recordings of events, as they interconnect with human experience through the physicality of the surrounding landmass. | www.galwayartscentre.com

Birgit Lochmann at Town Hall Theatre, Galway

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:50:06 +0000

Opening – Friday 4th May at 6pm | Town Hall Theatre Bar, Galway |

PEOPLE is the title of Birgit Lochmann´s much awaited new exhibition in the Town Hall Theatre, Galway. A local artist, this collection is a series of ´portraits´ capturing both Galway natives and people met while travelling abroad.

Forge Studio Members Show at Galway Bay Galleries

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:24:28 +0000

Dates: 5th – 19th May | Opening: 4th May 6 – 9pm. We are happy to announce the opening of “Intro” this Friday in the Galway Bay Galleries, an exhibition of new artwork from the members of the Forge Studios. The Forge Studios were established in 2011 to provide space and facilities for mixed media artists in Galway City. Our members work variously with clay, photography, paint, installation and video. “Intro” is an important exhibition for us as it is our first time to show our work together as a group. The show opens with a wine reception on Friday the 4th of May at 6pm – all are welcome to attend! Galway Bay Galleries are located between Monroes and the Kashmir restaurant.

Brian Bourke at Norman Villa Gallery, Galway

Laoise — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:24:43 +0000

23 April – 12 May | Opening Monday 23rd of April at 6 pm by Desmond Egan Poet, Publisher and Artistic Director of the Gerard Manley Hopkins International Summer School | 86 Lower Salthill | ‘Pertaining to William Blake’ | This body of work has been specifically created for the Cúirt Festival by the Galway based artist Brian Bourke. Bourke who has a deep love of literature, especially poetry, is fascinated by the poetic and artistic works of William Blake. The exhibition consists of still life paintings of the life-mask of William Blake with decaying sunflowers and a series of works derived from Blake’s painting ‘The Ghost of a Flea’. The exhibition highlights Bourke’s ability to present a subject from a new perspective and shows his usual flair for line and colour | www.normanvillagallery.com

Helen Caird Studio Residency Project at 126, Galway

Laoise — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:13:48 +0000

April 18th – May 12th, 2012 | Closing reception: Wednesday May 9th at 7pm | Following its successful launch last year, 126 is pleased to announce that local artist Helen Caird will be undertaking this years Open Studio Residency Project in 126’s Queen Street gallery space this coming April and May. During this period, the gallery will be transformed into an open studio, and the artist is invited to explore elements of their practice in this new context. The project will culminate as a short exhibition during the final week. The space will be open to the public during normal gallery hours for the duration of the project, and we would encourage members of the public to visit, to observe and converse with the artist at work. We hope that this will foster an environment where the public can engage with and gain a greater insight into the contemporary creative process. 126 will be open to the public during normal gallery hours for the duration of the residency project. Please join us for the closing reception on May 9th to see how the project unfolds | www.126.ie

Launch of First Issue of Fugitive Papers

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:49:40 +0000

The first issue of Fugitive Papers, a new publication on art in Ireland, will be launched by Megs Morley in Galway City Library at 6pm on Tuesday 3 April. Fugitive Papers is an artistic research project by James Merrigan and Michaële Cutaya to explore the public role of writing on art. it aims at opening up a space for discussion and criticism around contemporary art practices. the first issue took as its focal point Tulca: After the Fall and proposes contributions by Joanne Laws, Gavin Murphy, Sean Lynch, Fiona Fullam and Valerie Connor.

The PDF of the publication is also available for download on the website: fugitivepapers.org.
Fugitive Papers is funded by the Arts Council and supported by Galway City Arts Office.

International Print Exchange at Lorg Fine Art Printmakers, Galway

Laoise — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:42:28 +0000

Exhibition runs until Fri 20th April | City Hall, College Road, Galway | To coincide with the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Galway and to highlight Ireland’s strong cultural links with America, Australia and New Zealand, Lorg Fine Art Printmakers Galway in association with Galway City Council will host an International Print Exchange exhibition. Along with a selection of prints from Galway’s and Ireland’s finest printmakers – all members of Lorg – three overseas print studios will be represented: Australia by Warringah Printmakers Studio of Manly Vale, New South Wales, America by Zea Mays Printmaking of Florence, Massachusetts and New Zealand by the Wharepuke Print Studio of Bay of Islands | www.lorgprintmakers.com

Sonia Shiel at Galway Arts Centre

Laoise — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:43:23 +0000

15 March – 28th April | Opening 15th March 2012 6pm | 47 Dominick Street| Sonia Shiel’s ‘Man with a Fabelous Tail’ features narrative based works and installations, made up of paintings, video and sculpture. Presented as a series of encounters between curiosities and the curious, these vitrines, while typically illustrative of evolution, propose the dangers of potential | www.soniashiel.com | www.kevinkavanaghgallery.ie | www.galwayartscentre.ie