Patrick Jolley at LCGA
In the dark, flickering light of Patrick Jolley’s films, something gripping occurs.
Anita Groener – State
Dutch-born, Dublin-based artist Anita Groener has flooded the lobby of the Royal Hibernian Academy with pink light by placing rose tinted film over the windows.
Paul McKinley – Operation Turquoise
There is a hyper-real, almost psychedelic intensity to the paintings in Paul McKinley’s new show.
Tadhg McSweeney – Edifice Complex
A makeshift arrow sends visitors left, trapping them briefly…
Andrew Vickery – Arcades Ambo
Vickery paints in a deliberately pared down, almost childlike manner, photographing his compositions and projecting them onto the backdrop of a miniature theatre.
Drawing & Photographs from the Permanent Collection, LCGA
Limerick City Gallery of Art is home to the National Contemporary Drawing Collection. With regular new additions, it offers a pleasingly persistent insight into the practice of putting a line on paper.
Gems from the Butler Gallery Collection
An almost domestic arrangement on a blue-painted wall of works by May Guinness, Mainie Jellett, Evie Hone and Aideen Barry, offers exciting scope to contextualise and compare drawings by the latter, contemporary artist with those of her art historical peers.
To Start With, Let’s Remove The Colour at TBGS
This show has an anarchic, somewhat aggressive feel that is epitomised by Mark Pearson’s Knack Kraft, a large installation which injects sudden, short bursts of alarmingly loud music into the gallery space.
Into the Light, Crawford Art Gallery
2006 was a good year for Irish art to judge by the Cork quarter of the Arts Council’s four-venue collection show.
An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom
Anchored by Irish painter Brian Maguire’s vibrant, unflinching portraits of women who have been murdered in Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez, this group show focuses on the violence that is endemic in that place.
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