20 May to 11 June
Who Goes There inquires into ideas of self and a rural society on an ambiguous edge between disintegration or renewal as old structures and resources give way and new potentialities arise.
Large scale monoprints, Open paintings and a series of landscape works on paper utilize a balance of text and image to evoke the freedom in observing phenomenal reality as contingent and empty of permanence and inherent substantiality.
This perspective is applied in black and white, in the context of post crash rural Ireland, so-called “austerity”, economic and social duress, dubious truths in the public space and a questioning of fundamental tenets of social and personal meaning. Chris Doris’ clinical practice in Dublin and Mayo has shifted from trauma work to a creative performance consultancy for creative professionals.
Ballina Arts Centre
Barrett St, Ballina, Co. Mayo
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The Custom House Gallery and Studios
The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo,
T: +353 (0)98 28735
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