• Exhibition: Parc du Souvenir @ Sirius

    May 17, 2017 - By 

    © Stephen Brandes – Parc du Souvenir Stephen Brandes’ Parc du Souvenir is due to end its run in Cobh’s Sirius Arts Centre later this week. The British born artist has lived in Cork since the early 1990’s. In Parc du Souvenir Brandes uses a number of materials, including lino to create the large format print shown above. At the heart of the show is a film featuring the thoughts and adventures of the fictional and fantastic Alfred Sitzfleisch – you can read a full review of the show from it’s earlier run in Dublin’s Oonagh Young Gallery here. Parc du Souvenir closes this…

  • Picture This: Parc Du Souvenir @ Oonagh Young Gallery

    February 15, 2017 - By 

    Stephen Brandes – Parc Du Souvenir (Image Courtesy of Stephen Brandes) What: Parc Du Souvenir Where: Oonagh Young Gallery When: January 26th – February 24th Words: Aidan Kelly Murphy Albert Sitzfleisch is a failed architect. A failed architect who works for the Council of Europe. The year is 2068, a date that is tantalisingly close but also just out of reach – will we all make it to this year? Holed up in his rented cabin in the southwest of Ireland, following 30 years of travelling around Europe, Sitzfleisch has with him for company his memories and views of the continent…