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SUMMARY:Pushing Boundaries | Michael Doherty at The Engine Room Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Opening Thursday 7 August at 7.00pm\nThis body of work explores
  the hand movements made during speech as a form of subconscious drawing. 
 The series seeks to reconcile production in an abstract expressionist aest
 hetic with the desire to make work which contains and contributes to const
 ructive narratives regarding cultural diversity and society. The work conn
 ects the artist's definition of drawing as ‘to describe a path’ into t
 he verbal field.\nThe work is initiated from hand movements taken from pri
 mary school Principal Mary Harbinson\, describing ‘Different Journeys to
  the Same Place’\, as an educational objective in the multi-cultural sch
 ool. For other works the artist recorded his own hand movements as he desc
 ribed his consideration of the need to simultaneously respect and protect 
 cultural diversity.\nMichael Doherty paints in oils\, in an expressive abs
 tract aesthetic grounded in his drawing practice. His works are rooted in 
 narratives around cultural diversity\, society and the environment. While 
 practicing as an architect he qualified from the Ulster University in 2023
  with a First Class Honours degree in Fine Art. The boundaries of perceive
 d surfaces\, and places where line and surface meet\, are critical in his 
 approach to the resolution of his drawings and paintings.\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Northern Ireland - Belfast
LOCATION:The Engine Room Gallery\, 59 North St\, Belfast\, BT1 1NB\, Irelan
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