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URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/out-of-the-shadows-orla-de-bri-at-solo
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SUMMARY:Out of the Shadows | Orla de Brí at Solomon Gallery
DESCRIPTION:The woman who put a tree on top of a castle is back with a bran
 d-new 18-piece exhibit.\n\nCollection reflects on global and personal chal
 lenges\, from war and climate change to growing up with dyslexia and losin
 g a parent. \n‘From the depths of shadow\, light takes shape’\n\nIn he
 r new exhibition Out of the Shadows in the Solomon Gallery\, Dublin\, 25th
 September – 18th October\,  Irish sculptor Orla de Brí invites us into 
 a world where the unseen resides. A sculptural 18-piece exploration of the
  individual and collective shadows we all encounter in life - fear\, chang
 e\, loss\, silence - this ninth solo collection of work from de Brí is ab
 out resilience and transformation\, nurturing strength and finding unexpec
 ted light. As de Brí describes it\, each piece offers an opportunity to w
 itness vulnerability\, wildness and endurance\, as from the depths of shad
 ow\, light takes shape.\n\nDublin-born de Brí took her first sculpture co
 urse at the young age of 12\, an adult night class in North Strand Technic
 al School\, her mother persuading the school to let her daughter join the 
 class despite her young age. This was the first step in a career that has 
 led to the creation of 27 large-scale public sculptures across the globe\,
  prestigious showcases in the likes of Sotheby’s\, and custom-made piece
 s for public figures like Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid acti
 vist Bishop Desmond Tutu.\n\nPredominantly working with bronze\, steel and
  fibreglass\, Orla has exhibited in cities such as London\, Paris\, Hong K
 ong\, Shanghai and Beijing\, as well as featuring in numerous prominent pu
 blic and private collections here in Ireland and abroad – with one of he
 r most striking pieces being ‘Thinking Man’\, the incredible 5-metre 2
 4ct gold leafed tree and 3-metre human figure standing tall atop Belvelly 
 Castle in Co. Cork.\n\nOut of the Shadows will run in the Solomon Gallery\
 , Dublin from 25th September -18th October. For the artist\, her hope is t
 hat people connect with her work on an emotional level and ultimately see 
 something of themselves in it.\n
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CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Leinster - Dublin
LOCATION:Solomon Gallery\, Balfe St\, Dublin 2\, D02 T802\, Ireland
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