• Exhibition: This Was Our Scene @ Fumbally Exchange

    October 19, 2017 - By 

    Tonight’s sees the opening of a new photographic exhibition in Dublin’s Fumbally Exchange featuring the work of Gregory Nolan. Originally from Ireland, Nolan cut his teeth abroad rather than at home – making a name for himself through his blend of traditional music photography coupled with a documentary style to capture the London’s mid-2000’s indie scene, a fact reference in the exhibition’s title: This Was Our Scene. Nolan’s imagery captured the energy of the capital’s music scene, and encapsulated the hedonism and excitement emanating from his adopted hometown. When viewing his photographs of now established names like The Libertines and Frank Turner it is clear that the heartbeat of this resurgence were…

  • Drawing Workshop @ The Model, Sligo

    October 17, 2017 - By 

    The Model in Sligo have announced details of a forthcoming workshop with artist Arno Kramer. Artists of all disciplines are invited, and particularly those who make use of the medium of drawing. Kramer, who is originally from The Netherlands, has exhibited in Ireland extensively over the past two decades and was previously a lecture in the AKI (Academy of the Visual Arts and Design) in Enschede, the Netherlands. High Winds Move Slowly, a collaboration between Kramer and Henk Visch, is currently being shown in The Model as well. The class is due to take place from 10am to 5pm on Tuesday…

  • Exhibition: Project Cleansweep @ Sirius Arts Centre

    October 18, 2017 - By 

    While the threat of Nuclear war, and the fear of immediate death via a trigger happy world leader, has been trust to the fore of public consciousness in recent months, the threat and danger of chemical warfare via secondary means – the manufacture, storage and disposal of weapons – has been a real and constant concern for over a century. In America the issue over where to store nuclear waste has remail unresolved since the Manhattan project began, with initial efforts of dumping barrels into the waters around New Jersey so unbelievable in the context of modern knowledge that it borders…

  • Delirious Rhythm, 1936 – 2017 @ IFI

    October 9, 2017 - By 

    This week is the last to see the dual-exhibitions featuring the works of Vivienne Dick and Nan Goldin in IMMA. To coincide, aemi are presenting Delirious Rhythm 1936-2017, a personal selection of films that have influenced and inspired Dick’s oeuvre. The film will be shown in the IFI, with this one off event beginning at 6:30pm tomorrow. Artists whose works have been selected include Helen Levitt, D.A. Pennebaker, Len Lye, Sarah Pucill and Chantal Akerman, with the films chosen relating to ‘the street, the domestic and the unconscious.’  Dick will introduce the performance, with full details on the featured films available online here. Her 93% Stardust exhibition, and Goldin’s corresponding Weekend…

  • Basic Space Talk @ Hugh Lane

    October 10, 2017 - By 

    Basic Space Dublin continue their series of talk in Dublin’s Hugh Lane this coming Friday with a discussion with curatorial duo RGKSKSRG. RGKSKSRG is composed of Rachel Gilbourne (IMMA Ireland) and Kate Strain (Grazer Kunstverein, located in Graz, Austria) and over the last number of years they have been curating a host of intriguing and engaging shows, utilising a variety of mediums and spaces – notably 2015’s online installation love story featuring the work of Eilis McDonald and last year’s I like to eat with my hands in Wexford Arts Centre. Places for the talk, which begins at 1pm in Gallery 18, are free but limited to…

  • Exhibition: Heart and Soul @ The Copper House

    October 5, 2017 - By 

    This evening sees a new exhibition featuring the work of Irish artist Claire Guinan open in The Copper House on Dublin’s Synge Street. Titled Heart and Soul, the show features portraits of Irish musicians captured in paint. Gunian is due to present her works as large form oil paintings, and has worked with a veritable who’s who of the Irish music scene with images of Paul Brady, Mick Flannery, Aslan’s Christy Dignam, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Dempsey and more on show. The exhibition is an cross section of two of Ireland’s most treasured mediums and is set to continue until October 11th. Full details are available online…

  • Exhibition: The Way Things Go: An Homage @ Butler Gallery

    September 26, 2017 - By 

    2017 marks the 30th anniversary of Swiss duo Peter Fischli & David Weiss’ The Way Things Go. The hugely influential video piece serves as the departure point for the latest exhibition in Kilkenny’s Butler Gallery. At it’s core The Way Things Go saw everyday items pushed outside their comfort zone to perform roles and tasks not suited for their original creation, and tasks it should be noted that they were able to fully complete, querying the limitations we impose on materials we formulate. While in full-colour and sound, the piece drew on the almost slapstick era of silent films from the vaudeville era of…

  • Exhibition: Something Momentous Germinating @ Galway Arts Centre

    October 6, 2017 - By 

    There are a few more days to catch Aoife Desmond’s solo show Something Momentous Germinating in Galway Arts Centre. The work was inspired by Desmond recent return to her family home and the process of reverting the space while also trying to preserve and capture the essence of the building and memory associated of the space. The show also looks at the function of a domestic space and the qualities it emits in line with more traditional artistic spaces – the light falling through a window, the sculptural qualities of the everyday object. Something Momentous Germinating continues until Tuesday October 10th, with…

  • Exhibition: Portraits: Women of Cork and the U.S. Navy 1917-1919 @ Sirius Arts Centre

    September 15, 2017 - By 

    Today and tomorrow are the last to see a fascinating new body of work by Damian Shiels in Cobh’s Sirius Arts Centre. Titled Portraits: Women of Cork and the U.S. Navy 1917-1919, the exhibition looks at the social outcomes of America’s entry into the First World War. Their participation in the war saw thousands of US soldiers emerge into the communities around Cork. This influx of soldiers, and their subsequent socialising in the city, saw many Cork natives become ‘war brides’. While these relationships were generally greeted with celebration in America, on this side of the Atlantic hostilities arose, which then turned to violence. Ultimately the US Navy banned…

  • Exhibition: Double Movement @ TBG+S

    September 19, 2017 - By 

    Gavin Murphy’s new show, titled Double Movement, in currently on show in Dublin’s Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. The exhibition is a look into the role and functions of the now defunct Eblana Theatre, which was located in the basement of Dublin’s Busáras building. While the main building opened in 1953, the subterranean space, which was due to be a newsreel cinema, lay dormant until 1959. It was then that Phyllis Ryan and her Gemini theatre company opened the aforementioned Elbana. Here they showcased the works of Irish artists, including John B. Keane and Brian Friel, whilst also bringing the work of…