Shower Of Kunst

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IMAGES: Baby Footprints Crow’s Feet

  Baby Footprints Crow’s Feet Amalia Ulman August – October 2014 Ellis King Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Ellis King is pleased to present Amalia Ulman’s first solo exhibition at the gallery entitled Baby Footprints Crow’s Feet. Ulman’s practice is rife with interrogation of class and social stratification. Gender, sexism, and feminism are equally key components of her research and modus operandi. Investigated through various strands of audience engagement including online social media and performance, she examines social interactions, emotions, and the wider human condition. In Baby… Read More »

Images from Ultra

Images from Ultra Barbara Knezevic The Lab, Dublin 10 April – 7 June 2014     All photos by Darren Caffrey.  Darren is supported by an Artlinks Bursary.

Images from (some) Dublin Degree Shows 2014

Images from (some) Dublin Degree Shows 2014 BA graduates from DIT and NCAD Various locations in Dublin /// NCAD Deberoh Hewson Eimear Walshe  Eimear Walshe from the other side with one of Aoife Irwin Moore’s go-carts in use. Nicola Whelan   Niall Cullen Chloe Phipps ? Diarmuid Corkery Fiachra Ó’ Súilleabháin Fala Buggy Mary-Kate Hardy Kieran Bollard Conor Horgan-Gaul Robert Carroll   Stills from Avril Corroon, images courtesy the artist Avril Corroon and Kerry Guinan, image courtesy the artists Avril Corroon Kerry Guinan   Saoirse… Read More »

Images from ‘Representations’

Representations Tom O’Dea 126, Artist-run Gallery, Galway26 April – 04 May 2014   Data of the Physical Self   Externally Published Data and Website   Installation view The Datafied Individual   The Externally Published Self  The Externally Published Self The Externally Published Self The Insitutional Self The Insitutional Self All photos courtesy the artist.

Images from ‘In the Land of Tib and Tom’

In The Land of Tib and TomStephan Brandes, Colin Crotty, Gabhann Dunne, Martin Healy, and Eithne JordanRubicon ProjectsIrish Georgian Society, Dublin15 – 31 May 2014 Installation view Detail of Stephan Brandes Stephan Brandes   Gabhann Dunne    Martin Healy Martin Healy Colin Crotty     Eithne Jordan

Images: Fuckier, Shittier, Pissier

    Lord God, how immaculate (2014) – Simon Cummins Lapiss Lazuli (2014) – Aoife Mullan Whats his name (2013) – Stéphane Hanley   Q Lauzarus Rising (2014) – Mike Fitzgerald    R to L: Things don’t happen they’re implied (2013), For a long time, I went to bed early (2014), Either it’s raining, or I’m dreaming. Maybe it’s both (2014), A ‘resistance of yes’, of sorts (2014) – Lee Welch,  and Whats his name (2013) – Stéphane Hanly   At the horizon we won’t need eyes to… Read More »

Images from Dublin Degree Shows 2013

Images from Dublin Degree Shows 2013 BA graduates from DIT, IADT, DIT Photography, and NCAD Various locations in Dublin Photos by Jim Ricks DIT Sarah Doherty Órla Phelan Andy McNulty Conor O’Grady (both) Marie Farrington IADT Janna Kemperman Declan Graham Louise Roe (both) Sam O’Neill DIT PHOTO Ciaran Cooney Neil Dorgan Barry Keogh Installation view Robert McCormack NCAD Stephane Hanly Alan Swaine (both) Eoghan McIntyre (both) Michelle Doyle Nigel Holohan (both) Aoife Mullan Muriel Foxton Cara Coyle Melanie Spendlove Holy Ingram Michael Dignam Sean Wright Roisin McCashin Andrew… Read More »

The 7th Berlin Biennale

Biennale press pass, welcome packet, newspaper-cum-event guide complete with custom fonts and logo.     Initially, I had intended to write a review of the Biennale.  Although I did I find it difficult to consider the various permutations of this festival in a positive light, it was ultimately the decentralized and event-based character of it that led to my decision not to.  Perhaps, I should have committed to living in Berlin for 6 weeks.  I suppose the political trajectory, or rather intent, of head curator Artur… Read More »

Images: Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art

 Sacrilege by Jeremy Deller, Glasgow Green  Sacrilege by Jeremy Deller, Glasgow Green  Jeremy Deller  Spanner (Stretcher/Loiterer) by Nairy Baghramian, The Mitchell Library  Detail from Art Lending Library by Walker & Bromwich, The Mitchell Library  Art Lending Library by Walker & Bromwich, The Mitchell Library Installation view of What is there to do here, what is there to see? by Rob Kennedy, CCA  Installation view of What is there to do here, what is there to see? by Rob Kennedy, CCA    Detail from What is there to do here, what is… Read More »

Images from ‘tête à tête à tête’ and more

tête à tête à tête Simon Bayliss, Emily Kaelin, and Beka Peralta Burren College of Art MFA Show, Co. Clare 16th April – 1st May, 2010 Installation view Memorama, Beka Peralta Un-titled, Beka Peralta Wanderer, Simon Bayliss Awakening, Simon Bayliss Outline, Simon Bayliss The quiver I felt…, Emily Kaelin Emily Kaelin ——– Some other highlights from the first year MFAs, Resident Artists and undergraduates on exhibit throughout the Burren College of Art campus. Censored, Angelalynn Dunlop, MFA1 that place… you know… that place, Maurice Reidy,… Read More »