Hi,
Just thought I would let you know about an international touring show I
am involved with that is opening in Limerick City Gallery of Art next
Thursday. Hope you might catch it over its run,
Best wishes
Brian Fay
Into Irish Drawing
Curated by Arno Kramer
Thursday 15th January to February 22nd 2009
Stephen BRANDES Claire CARPENTER Gary COYLE Timothy EMLYN JONES Brian FAY Mark FRANCIS David GODBOLD Anita GROENER Katie HOLTEN Alice MAHER Niamh MCCANN Eoin MCHUGH Bea MCMAHON Nick MILLER Tom MOLLOY Isabel NOLAN Eamon O'KANE Niamh O'MALLEY Kathy PRENDERGAST Jim SAVAGE Gerda TELJEUR Martin WEDGE
'Image-making begins with interrogating appearances and making marks. Every artist discovers that drawing-when it is an urgent activity- is a two-way process. To draw is not only to measure and put down, it is also to receive' John Berger
Into Irish Drawing showcases the work of twenty-two Irish artists who specialize in drawing and will be officially opened by Professor Mícheál O'Súilleabháin, Chair of Culture Ireland.
The choice of the artists to participate was largely determined by whether or not drawing forms more or less the mainstay of their oeuvre, or even is sometimes the only discipline they practice. Arno Kramer, the curator of Into Irish Drawing comments that frequently something occurs in a drawing 'by chance', an event that the artist did not know was going to happen. The artist may have nurtured a vague idea about how to start off or perhaps they had a clear plan, but then discovered at a certain moment that the work began to demand something from them and was beginning to move in a direction that they had not been initially expected. Nevertheless, the artist followed that route and it turned out to be the right one. To a certain extent, the artist can evoke this situation by influencing the moment in question by means of a particular manoeuvre in the drawing, or more prosaically, by ! changing the music in the studio, by choosing a different environment, or even different silences. Occasionally, creating a drawing is an attempt to gain control over such a moment, over life itself even. When the artist is drawing, a link forms between his hand and an image.
Into Irish Drawing displays the final results of testing and experimenting on both large and small scales. The fascination of drawing is captured in the visibility of the process, of the record of the changes involved as the page holds evidence of the actions of the artist.
The exhibition is accompanied by a full colour catalogue with text from Caroline Hancock (Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin), Arno Kramer and John Berger. Into Irish Drawing will be shown in AkkuH , Hengelo, The Netherlands, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France and the Millennium Court Arts Centre in Portadown Northern Ireland. The exhibition is supported by Culture Ireland.
Admission is Free
For further details contact Limerick City Gallery of Art -
Tel: +353 (061)310633 / Email: [log in to unmask]
Brian Fay
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