The title of the exhibition curated by Mary Conlon refers to an experiment conducted on the moon in 1971 to demonstrate Galileo’s counter intuitive assertion that without air resistance all objects fall at the same speed. But the words hammer and feather also suggests sets of oppositions beyond light and heavy, such as light and dark, natural and manufactured or organic and mineral, which might also be invalidated by physical laws, gravitational or otherwise. Variations around titles and artworks is a recurring theme of the… Read More »
A Knowledge of Things Familiar
A Knowledge of Things Familiar David Beattie Temple Bar Gallery 27 May – 30 June 2011 by Darren Caffrey Do we know our own desires? The question of the object in art, now, as surely any time ever before, stands up and reasons with us that desire is more powerful, that desire rules all. It might be said that this is why sensation commands such a vital role in what makes us human: that life is the experience which binds us. We want it all,… Read More »
DECOMMISSIONED
‘An art and music festival that will leave you questioning your next destination‘ The undisguised commercialism of the slogan heralding the website of Terminal Convention – an event compounding art fair, farmer market, music festival, art exhibition and symposium – announces an open if somewhat facetious approach to the relationship between artistic ambitions and mercantile activities, a perspective re-asserted in the opening paragraph of the symposium presentation‘art is now a commodity like any other’. This positioning toward the market is developed in essays published in… 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 »
You Had Another Skin
You Had Another Skin (The Super 8 Series) Cecilia Danell EIGHT February 22nd – April 2nd 2011 By Simon FlemingYou Had Another Skin (The Super 8 Series), Cecilia Danell’s solo exhibition at Bar Eight in Galway, is a small and intimate sampling from a diverse artist. It immediately brings to mind Lucy Lippard’s quote from her book The Lure of the Local: “If place is defined by memory, but no one who remembers is left to bring these memories to the surface, does a place… Read More »
The State of It 2
The State of It 2 The Top 5 Best and Worst of Galway’s Visual Arts 2010 By Jim Ricks As the thaw sets in and the first week of 2011 passes, I reflect back on some of Galway city’s strengths and weaknesses of last year. It was a difficult, if not bleak year for many of us. It was a year of economic crisis, budget cuts, freezes, unemployment and… did I mention depression? But fortunately the arts continue to march on. The national budget reflected… Read More »
Three Solo Exhibitions
Three Solo Exhibitions Ramon Kassam, Laura McMorrow and Mark O’Kelly OccupySpace22nd October- 6th November 2010By Deirdre Kelly The exhibition is housed in OccupySpace, an artist led initiative, part of the Creative Limerick scheme. It comprises three solo artists working in or associated with Limerick city, each with an individual body of work which comes together in a co-operative programme.Paint-things by Ramon Kasson are the first to feature upon initial entry into the large open exhibition space situated on Thomas Street. The area is stark and… Read More »
Are we living in the end times?
Are we living in the end times? Slavoj Zizek, the philosopher and cultural critic, on the collapse of society and the failure of capitalism. From Riz Khan, Al Jazeera
REVIEW: The Woods
The Woods is set in the off-site Limerick City Gallery of Istabraq Hall. The show features work from The National Collection of Contemporary Drawing. In conjunction with the exhibition, Curator Mary Conlon, has asked three artists from the Creative Limerick scheme to also participate. The press release explains: “A year after the launch of the initiative, Creative Limerick also promotes the creative potential in the city, having developed an exemplary model in negotiating the use of slack spaces for use in artistic and cultural activities…. Read More »
Images: Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Mark Cullen Triskel Arts Centre 13th August – 4th September, 2010 Images courtesy the artist
Images from ‘FOLLY’
FOLLY by Mark Clare Galway Arts Centre 12th August – 4th September, 2010 Images courtesy of Jonathan Sammon
Images from the Artlink ‘New Art Award’
The Artlink ‘New Art Award’ Fort Dunree, Buncrana 15th July – 11th August, 2010 The Artlink ‘New Art Award’ projects were selected from an open competition in 2009 by the following selection panel: Dave Beech, Art Critic and Artist, UK; Maoliosa Boyle, Manager, Void, Derry; Brian Duggan Artist and Founder of Pallas, Dublin; Elaine Forde, Former Director, Artlink, Donegal; Adrian Kelly Curator, Glebe Gallery, Donegal; Mark Wallinger Artist, UK. Ursula Burke: State of Grace Sam Keogh: Babel Jim Ricks: 14th January 2009 (We will say… Read More »
Images: redress state – questions imagined
Redress Board: www.rirb.ie redress state – questions imagined A durational performance by Dominic Thorpe 126, Artist-run Gallery, Galway 12th May – 5th June, 2010 All photos courtesy Jonathan Sammon and the artist.
A Model For Collective Change
May Day saw the long awaited re-opening of The Model after a two year renovation project. The event aimed to re-affirm Sligo’s position as a cultural centre for the North West, and was a night packed with nostalgia and optimism for the arts. The first exhibition was a show called Dorm, which showcased Irish and international art collectives, presented as an art fair parody. The opening night was an elaborate, inter-active art event, which invited the public to ‘sleep over’ in the gallery on custom… Read More »
The Iceland (Dis)Connection
Not long ago, much fun was made of the comparison between the names and economic fates of Ireland and Iceland. It is possible, however, to extend the parallels between the two countries further, which can also reveal telling contrasts. Beyond names, geography and spectacular economic growth dependent on inflated financial and construction sectors, the two islands have also, in defiance to what the establishment was urging them to do, voted No to a recent referendum; the first Lisbon treaty for Ireland, the Icesave terms… Read More »
Images from ‘Landgrabber’
Landgrabber Jessica Artman, Aja Daly, Stefanie Ford, Hali Maltsberger and Sean Naftel Burren College of Art MFA Show, Co. Clare 17th – 27th April, 2010 All images courtesy of Neil ‘Duggy’ Duggan
Name and shame councillors who don’t know their arts from elbow
Name and shame councillors who don’t know their arts from elbow A letter from Fred Johnston Dear Editor, One wishes Joe MacGrath the very best in his moving to the post of North Tipperary County Manager. It is to be hoped that whoever is appointed as the new Galway City Manager, he or she will strive hard to reinvigorate the artistic life of the city. The Volvo Ocean Race stopover is fine and welcome, but it is not a definition of the arts in Galway…. Read More »
REVIEW: Package From China
“To have read Das Kapital in the 1970s wasn’t a complete waste of time because it has helped me understand China in the 1990’s.” – Jan Wong Red China Blues, 1996 “To Get Rich Is… (around the corner and on the opposite wall) Glorious”. Each letter rises above eye level and works as a separate sculptural piece. They are comprised of hundreds of cheap everyday materials… all plastic and garish. The subject of this exhibition is former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Deng Xioping. Along… Read More »
The Roads of Galway
The Roads of Galway By Simon Fleming Recent letters to the editor in the Galway Advertiser (Cycling on pavement is wrong — end of story, March 18, 2010, etc.) have complained about cyclists in pedestrian zones. But in fairness, while cyclists must abide by road rules, the roads of Galway are simply unsafe for everyone. The reasons are numerous: too many cars, medieval-era roads, crowds of pedestrians; no bike lanes and inadequate footpaths; limited and unreliable bus service; and an epidemic of under-penalised violations by… Read More »
The Whole Picture
A Case For a Centrally Planned Arts Infrastructure Ireland’s Celtic Tiger brought a wave of prosperity and the anarchic logic of the free-market spilled over into the arts. An ‘up, up and away’ attitude seemed to supplant sensible planning. Much infrastructure improved, but it was haphazardly hit-and-miss and opportunities were missed. This has largely to do with how Ireland is organised and governed. The head of cultural development with Temple Bar Cultural Trust Gráinne Millar raises this very point. Millar argues that a massive… Read More »
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