Nov 2011
Fables | Peter Burns, Anne Hendrick and Mary Noonan
Opening reception Thursday 10th November 5.30pm - 7pm. All Welcome.
Thursday 10th November - Thursday 15th December | viewing during centre opening hours
Peter Burns creates paintings and sculptures in a variety of materials and has a very tactile approach to his work. Based on his research into literature, art history, myth and allegory, Peter’s paintings are often playful re-workings of romantic themes with allusions to faraway places. The sculptures are often very fragile, an important feature which lends the sculptures a warmth and pathos. Since graduating with a Masters in Fine Art from NCAD (2009), Peter has been involved in numerous solo and group exhibitions, the most recent being a solo exhibition in the Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast and as part of a group show at this years Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition in Dublin. Anne Hendrick’s paintings deal with the nature of reality and the truth within the seen image by simulating architectural, psychological and social spaces or situations within a landscape. The work questions ideas surrounding representation and the idea of an embellished truth. Dualist themes are prevalent; ambiguous narratives are slowly revealed. Anne Hendrick graduated with a BA Joint Honours in Fine Art Painting and History of Art from NCAD (2006). In 2011 her work has featured as part of a number of group exhibitions including New Connections at Rua Red, Dublin. Most of Mary Noonan’s work is watercolour and drawing-based. The pieces chosen for this exhibition are a reflection of her research into Irish folklore and superstition and her own upbringing on a farm in the west of Ireland. The work is informed by a sense of the uncanny, and explores ideas relating to identity, landscape and cultural history. Since graduating with a Masters in Fine Art from NCAD 2009, Mary Noonan’s work has featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions including the 181st Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition (2011), Dublin and TULCA, Galway Arts Centre (2010).
This group exhibition is curated by Patrick T Murphy, RHA, Dublin.
more info at: www.roscommonartscentre.ie
image above: Self-Portrait as Ancient Irish Elk
watercolour, watercolour pencil & pencil on paper, 2011
Oct 2011
Open Studio as part of Visit 2011
VISIT 2011 is the initiative of eighteen artists’ studios in Dublin. On Saturday the 22nd of October, over 250 visual artists living and working in the city will open the doors of their professional practice studios for VISIT 2011.
The Red Stables Artists’ Studios houses artists’ day studios, an annually awarded Irish Artists’ Residential Studio (intended to support an emerging visual artist at a crucial stage of their professional practice) and an International Artists’ Residential Studio.
The Red Stables are located in 200 acres of parkland, originally part of the Ardilaun estate, owned by the Guinness family from 1885. In 1939, they were acquired by Dublin Corporation and opened for public use as St. Annes Park. George Ashlin, a 19th-century architect renowned for his ecclesiastical work, designed the stable buildings.
Dublin City Council opened The Red Stables Artists’ Studios in June 2006 to provide working space and support for visual artists in the creation of contemporary art and to provide opportunities for artists to engage with the local community.
The Red Stables provides a series of unique working spaces for professional artists selected through open competition administered by Dublin City Council Arts Office. The Red Stables courtyard also accommodates a small Exhibition space and The Tack Room, used for educational programming.
more info at: www.visitstudios.com and www.redstablesartists.com
Sept 2011
Doll
a publication of poetry by Bridget T. Lally
was recently launched at Dublin Writers Centre, Parnell St., and features Farmer's Daughter as its cover image.
Published by Lapwing Publications
more info and to purchase a copy visit www.freewebs.com/lapwingpoetry
Sept 2011
Forthcoming exhibition in Roscommon Arts Centre features in the Irish Arts Review Diary
Fables and Folklore
Roscommon Arts Centre rounds off a busy year with ‘Fables’, a group exhibition featuring three very distinctive artists – Peter Burns, Anne Hendrick and Mary Noonan. Burns creates paintings and sculptures in a variety of materials. Based on literature, art history, myth and allegory, his paintings are often playful re-workings of romantic themes with allusions to faraway places. The sculptures are often very fragile, an important feature which lends them a particular warmth and pathos. Hendrick’s paintings deal with the nature of reality and the truth within the seen image. Most of Noonan’s work is executed in watercolour and drawing-based. The pieces chosen for this exhibition are a reflection of her research into Irish folklore and superstition. Fables: 10 November – 15 December
more info at www.roscommonartscentre.ie and Irish Arts Review
image: Angel of Death
watercolour, watercolour pencil, pencil & cut paper on paper, 37 cm x 27 cm, 2011
August 2011
The Narrow Limitations of Common Sense
an exhibition of mixed media drawings, paintings and sculptural works by
Mary Noonan
at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
opens on Friday 5 August 2011 at 7.30pm
Exhibition continues until Saturday 27th August
more info at www.thelinenhall.com
image: The Strength of a Body is Needed by the Shadows
acrylic, gold marker and plastic on birch panel 122cm x 170cm 2011
June 2011
Forthcoming exhibition in The Linenhall Arts Centre features in the Irish Arts Review Diary
Fairy-faith folklore
‘The Narrow Limitations of Common Sense’ is an exhibition of mixed media drawings and sculptural works by Mary Noonan at the Linenhall Art Centre, Castlebar, Co Mayo shortly. The work reflects the Claremorris-born artist’s research into Irish ‘fairy-faith’ folklore and superstition from the late 19th and early 20th century. It also relates directly to her own upbringing on a Mayo farm. ‘The materials and processes I use, such as tearing and cutting the paper, become a metaphor for psychological aspects of uncovered narrative,’ the artist explains. ‘The work is informed by a sense of the uncanny and explores ideas relating to identity, landscape and cultural history.’
Mary Noonan: 5 - 27 August
visit Irish Arts Review and The Linenhall
May 2011
Farmer's Daughter
selected for inclusion in the
181st Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
GRAND OPENING Tuesday 24 May 6 – 8pm
by Jimmy Deenihan TD Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Exhibition continues: 25 May - 30 July
image: 'Farmer's Daughter'
for more information visit www.royalhibernianacademy.ie
Feb 2011
UpStart is a non-profit arts collective which aims to put creativity at the centre of public consciousness during the Irish General Election Campaign in 2011. We plan to do this by reinterpreting the spaces commonly used for displaying election campaign posters in Dublin City.
The objectives of UpStart are to encourage a debate on the role of the arts in this state. We hope to highlight the importance of creativity and ingenuity when society is in need of direction and solutions, and to emphasize the value of the arts to public life. We believe that the future development of the country requires a healthy cultivation of the Arts.
image: So Filthy Spuds could grow in his ears on Parnell St., Dublin 1
For more info visit:www.upstart.ie
Nov 2010
TULCA 2010 Festival of Visual Art
Living on the Edge: People, Place & Possibility
TULCA - an annual Galway season of contemporary visual art. Featuring local and international exhibitions, unexpected live-art performances and discussions & talks with artists with admission free to all events.
Established in 2002, TULCA’s vision is to be accessible to a wide-ranging audience. The Festival engages and challenges audiences with new and fresh ideas, and art that audiences want to see. Attention is given to the finer details, such as programming work in interesting venues and ensuring the invigilators are well informed and enthusiastic.
Each year TULCA aims to do things differently, without trying to fit into a prescribed version of a visual art festival.
TULCA 2010 will take place in venues throughout Galway City including:
Galway Arts Centre | Galway Museum |The Fairgreen Building | 126 | Niland Gallery | The Spanish Arch | Nuns Island Theatre | Bar 8 | Aran Ferries | The Dock Shed | Bike Shelters in Eyre Square and Spanish Arch
Curated by Michelle Browne
Sat Nov 6 - Sun Nov 21 2010
for more info visit www.tulca.ie
image: Farmer's Daughter showing in Galway Arts Centre
Sept 2010
COE 2010
Claremorris Open Exhibition
official opening Saturday 4th September at 8.30pm
exhibition runs 4 - 25 September 2010
Lisa Le Feuvre - 2010 Adjudicator
Lisa Le Feuvre is a curator and writer based in London. She is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art at Goldsmiths. Between 2005 and 2009 she directed the contemporary art programme at the National Maritime Museum, commissioning work by Dan Holdsworth, Esther Shalev-Gerz, Lawrence Weiner, Simon Patterson, Renée Green and Jeremy Millar. In 2009 she curated the exhibitions Joachim Koester: Poison Protocols and Other Histories at Stills, Edinburgh and Economies of Attention from the Arts Council of England Collection. In 2010-11 she will co-curate British Art Show 7 (with Tom Morton), Jeremy Millar: Amongst Others at Plymouth Arts Centre and Alexander and Susan Maris: The Pursuit of Fidelity (A ‘Retrospective’) at Stills. Her edited book Failure, published by MIT Press / Whitechapel Art Gallery, is published in May.
image: In Training
watercolour, watercolour pencil, pencil, iridescent medium & cut paper on cut & torn paper, 39 cm x 27.5 cm 2010
August 2010
Occupy Paper out Now
featuring interview by Aoife Flynn
click here for full issue or click here to download a pdf transcript
July 2010
Occupy Space
Thomas Street, Limerick
presents
Island
A Two-Person Exhibition by Mary Noonan and Damien O'Connell
Opening Reception 7 pm - 9pm July 1
Exhibition continues until July 17 Opening hours: Wed - Sat 1 pm - 6pm
image: Sucking on a Lemon watercolour, watercolour pencil & pencil on cut and torn paper
May 2010
Swine Flew: Pigasus An Irish Myth
selected for inclusion in the
180th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
24 May - 31 July
image: Detail of 'Swine Flew: Pigasus An Irish Myth'
for more information visit www.royalhibernianacademy.ie
April 2010
Telling Images
An exhibition of paintings by Peter Burns and Mary Noonan
at Claremorris Gallery
Opening reception Saturday the 17th of April at 7.30pm
April 17 - May 8 2010
Mar 2010
Selected for Dublin City Councils Artists' PanelDec 2009
A Brief Introduction to the Work of Mary Noonan
now playing in the foyer of the Red Stables Artists' Studios
Dec 2009
Launch of Art Exhibition Taispeántas Ealaíne by Mayo Artists at the former Bank of Ireland Georgian building by Cathaoirleach of Westport Town Council, Cllr. Myles Staunton as part of the Westport Shop ‘n Spraoi na Nollag.
Opening: Thursday, December 10th at 7.00pm
Ealaíontóiri / Artists: Alan Ardiff, Veronica Bolay, Rory Breslin, Breda Burns, Chris Doris, Ronan Halpin, Alice Maher, Niall Mc Cormack, Mary Noonan, David Quinn, Dermot Seymour, Ger Sweeney & Deirdre Walsh
Dates: Exhibition runs 11, 12 & 13 December 2009
Location: Former Bank of Ireland Georgian building, North Mall, Westport, Co. Mayo
June 2009
Master in Fine Art
NCAD
The Exhibitions are open to the public from 6th June to 14th June inclusive
Fine Art Posgraduate Exhibitions are located in the Digital Hub, James St., Dublin 8.
April 2009
The Habit of Remembering
An Exhibition of new work By Marie Connole and Mary Noonan
at Draíocht Arts Centre Blanchardstown
on Thursday 16th April at 7pm
Exhibition continues until 27th of June 2009
visit www.draiocht.ie for more information