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The Courthouse Arts Centre's visual arts programme aims to provide a
space for art in virtually all media, by both emerging and established
artists from Ireland and abroad.
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To download a printable version of our Spring 2010 Calendar of Events, click here! |
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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS | EXHIBITIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR ~ 2010 | ||||
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Maree Hensey and Mark Ryan:
Admission free Maree Hensey: "My work relates to the landscape and experiences of my immediate environment. Rural existence, the ritual of living and working in direct contact with nature, has long provided the stimulus for my work. My ideas or inspiration comes from the routine of life, domestic rituals, everyday things that surround me. My environment works on me in a silent way. My initials studies are monochromatic. I deliberately choose to eliminate the element of colour and to concentrate on how tone and the mark-making process alone can define form and space within a drawing. I apply paint/ink by any number of unconventional means. When I work my main concern lies with the mark. I am constantly looking at ways of enlarging the possibilities for mark making and increasing the likelihood of chance occurrences. When working some time ago, I experienced a moment in which I disappeared, and only the drawing remained. The piece that was born of that moment was fascinating, beyond any description. Such a moment is the very heart of my creation." Mark Ryan: "The starting point for Ryan's works are formed by his connection with and response to the surrounds of the immediate environment. He draws in 3 dimensions with materials that allow an immediacy of action, so as not to lose the spontaneity of the initial response and to keep the idea alive and fresh. Within his work there is a recurring formula which is the relationship between balance rhythm and surface. The balance and rhythm between the components of the piece are not always directional but free form, the balance beautifully awkward. He tends to create works that have calligraphic qualities. In some cases aspects are left unsaid, the sentences left uncompleted. In particular his large scale works concentrate on the capturing volume and space with the lightest touch and the balancing of positive and negative spaces." On view until Friday 5th February | |||||
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Mairead O'Neill Laher:
Admission free “Just as none of us is outside or beyond geography,none of us is completely free from the struggle over geography.” Landscape has no other reality than our idea of it and what is visible on the surface is simply the outward sign of greater forces struggling beneath. My work explores the process of land formation and is influenced by experience and by strata of memory. The charge for my work comes from the force of Nature and the energy I draw from it. The paintings focus on the dynamism and force of the natural world. The tug of war between conflicting forces in nature, pushing and pulling in opposing directions is reflected in paintings which grapple with the tension between abstraction and representation. The earth’s shifts and movements mean that landscape is constantly evolving, changing and becoming something other. The landscape, which we think of as a fixed stable entity, is in fact ground shifting beneath our feet. What emerges from the work process is the product of an inner perspective, a point of view which attempts to be true to the spirit of the place." MAIREAD O’NEILL LAHER was born in Limerick, and lives and works now in Dublin, Ireland. A graduate of Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, her solo exhibitions have featured at the Glencree Centre for Reconciliation, Co. Wicklow,; Hallward Gallery, Dublin; Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow; European Parliament, Brussels; and the Irish Arts Centre, New York. Among her several awards and residencies have been periods at SIM Artists House, Reykjavik, Iceland; Residency Aras Eanna, Inis Oirr, Aran Islands, Co. Galway; a Fellowship at the Ragdale Foundation, Illinois; and she has been an invited artist at Listowel Writers’ Week, Co. Kerry. In 1999 Mairead completed a residency at Kulturhuset USF, Bergen, Norway. Her work is in the collections of the Office of Public Works, Ireland; IBM, Dublin; AXA Insurance Group, Ireland; Ipsos MORI Kent Carty Solicitors, Dublin; Drury Communications, Dublin; Blackrock Hospice; Louis & Zelie Martin Foundation Collection; Newstalk and in private collections in Ireland, England, USA, South Africa, and Norway.On view until Friday 12th March | |||||
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Greg Tierney:
Admission free For me, trees have always provided a source of great visual beauty. As a subject I have a strong personal resonance and connection with them in numerous ways. As the narrator of the passing seasons or simply as the backdrop for the weekly ramble with the family they bring me great personal joy. Trees have always had a keen connection with man as a source of shelter, firewood or building materials and as we are so much more keenly aware they are also a key element in our world eco-system. The pulling together of this collection has been a journey of exploration of both the subject and the mediums ability to represent the essence of what I wanted to demonstrate. In a nutshell the requirement of watercolour for controlled freedom was for me a perfect medium for this exhibition as it reflected so well the nature of the subject. The trunks of the trees and the chaos of the branches interweaving with each other shows a similar contrast of control and freedom in the way nature designs. In addition the crisp definition of a watercolour mark as well as the ability of the medium to blend and bleed colours afforded great flexibility and variety when attempting to capture the nature and essence of the tree. Be it the simplicity of a branch or the autumnal hue of a collection of trees, I hope these images inspire and create connection with you simply from viewing a painting or perhaps they will give you pause to consider the cyclical passing of the seasons or even life itself. Greg was born in 1971 in Dublin, he spent his early childhood in Belgium returning to Wicklow aged seven. Always having demonstrated a strong interest in drawing, painting and art history, Greg spent many childhood Saturdays in Kathleen Moran’s studio in Greystones and later had the privilege of being taught art by John Coyle RHA. Greg has always maintained a continued interest in painting and drawing and is mostly self-taught in Oil and Watercolour. Approximately three years ago, Greg began to paint more regularly and since then has painted in both watercolours and oils, drawing inspiration predominantly from the landscapes and forests of Co. Wicklow. A current member of Greystones art group where he exhibits annually he also exhibits and sells regularly at Merrion Square. He is married to Kirsten and has two sons Conor and Rian. On view until Friday 16th April | |||||
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PAST EXHIBITIONS: Dominic Thorpe: Life Area
Book Launch: Fr Browne at Home
Boz Mugabe:The Encroachment Codex
Dorothy Smith: Hidden Histories
Charlotte Kelly: A Quite Light
Ben Readman: Still Standing
Seighean O'Draoi and Brian J Byrne: In contemplation of the frailties of life and its joys
Terry Corcoran: Horizon 2
Doreen Kennedy: Findings
Tony Gunning: Scenes from the Monoculture
Eoin MacLochlainn: Caoineadh / Elegies
Carrie Creamer: The Seat of my Soul
Enagh Farrell and Deirdre Byrne: Drawings
Miranda Driscoll: Still Standing
Cóilíin Rush: Bobby Softrock
Gethyn Gibson: Of a Feather
Stuart Simpson: Formaggio con
Queso
Paul Joyce: Hilbert Curves
Peter White and Bernie Toner: An Asian
Odyssey
Liam Holden: Waterway
Lucy McKenna: Luminosity
Mary Noonan
Joe Ryan: In Camera
Leonard Sheil: The Blackbird and Other
Tales
Mixed Threads: Textured Surfaces
Fiona Whitty and Charlotte Murray:
Journeys
Katarzyna Gajewska: In The Name of the
Feelings
Carl X. Hayden
Roisin McGuigan
Mary Lloyd Jones
Kate Minnock and Deirdre Byrne
Peter Wallstrom: Pictorial
Lies
Swedish artist Peter Wallström works with emotions both in paintings and photographs. Majella Clancy: Small Spaces
Lisa Sweeney: Crows for Company
David Hurn: A Welsh Life
As part of the Courthouse Arts Centre's tenth anniversary celebrations,
we are delighted to host an exhibition of photographs by internationally
renowned magnum photographer, David Hurn, who has a long-standing,
international reputation as one of Britain's leading reportage
photographers. Niamh Jackman: Hanging Threads
Martina Galvin
* We are pleased that the Arts Office of Wicklow County Council purchased three of Martina's works at the exhibition, for permanent display in the new Tinahely branch library in the Market Square Building across the street from the Courthouse. Denise Hussey: Fragments 2
Thomas Delohery: In a Place like Auschwitz
Mary Grehan: From Life
Ross Stewart
Austin Corcoran: Reprise
Stepping Outside
James Hayes and Lorraine Whelan: For
Elise
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VISUAL ARTISTS! The exhibition space consists of 175 running feet of wall space, distributed between the main, ground floor, the first floor balcony, and a smaller, separate room downstairs. Large windows provide excellent natural light, which is augmented by halogen track and spot lighting. Dado rails, radiators, and panelling restrict the vertical size of wall art; these details can be provided upon inquiry. For our annual selection process which takes place at the beginning of June each year, send up to 12 slides (with SAE for return), a CD, or other photographic documentation of your work, with a curriculum vitae, to Shelley Hayes at the Courthouse Arts Centre. Visit the contact page for details. NEXT DEADLINE (FOR 2011 EXHIBITIONS): MAY 31st 2010 | |||||
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