BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.8//EN TZID:Europe/Dublin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3501@visualartists.ie DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260312T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260312T000000 DTSTAMP:20260306T143413Z URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/watching-a-sunset-8-49-pm-andy-parsons -at-queens-street-studios SUMMARY:Watching a sunset\, 8.49 pm | Andy Parsons at Queens Street Studios DESCRIPTION:\nWatching a sunset 8.49 pm \;explores how a moment in time can take years to describe. The work explores perception\, memory and tim e. This is reflected in the different times attributed to each successive exhibition in a sequence of six that begins at QSS in Belfast. Each subseq uent exhibition features works that are assigned a different moment in tim e\, from 20.49pm through to 20.54pm\n\n\n\n‘My current body of work is b ased on a scene I witnessed where a large group of people sat by a riverba nk quietly watching a sunset. There was a huge crowd\, as though a concert was about to begin\, but it was just people coming together to enjoy the beauty of nature. \;\n\n\n\nI have spent the last two years making pai ntings\, drawings and sculptures that try to \;evoke this brief moment . \;The fact that I saw the people sitting watching for just an instan t means I have had to think really hard about what was there. And memory i s inconsistent and unreliable\; each image could be true\, \;but there is nothing to prove or disprove their veracity.’\n\n\n\nThe history of art is full of instances where artists have addressed our human need for f ellowship and beauty through interactions with the natural world. This wor k does so in a uniquely perilous time for the environment and in an era wh ere the role of the spectator is uniquely problematic. \;\n\n\n\nIn se tting up a situation in the gallery\, where the viewer’s gaze is returne d by the people watching a sunset in the artworks raise questions are rais ed about neutrality and the role of the spectator.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visualartists.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025 /08/listings-exhibition-2-1-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Northern Ireland - Belfast LOCATION:QSS Gallery 1 2nd Floor\, QSS Gallery 1 2nd Floor\, The Arches Cen tre\, 11-13 Bloomfield Ave\, Belfast\, BT5 5AA\, Ireland GEO:54.597619;-5.890014 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=QSS Gallery 1 2nd Floor\, T he Arches Centre\, 11-13 Bloomfield Ave\, Belfast\, BT5 5AA\, Ireland;X-AP PLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=QSS Gallery 1 2nd Floor:geo:54.597619,-5.890014 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR