Kirstin Arndt's Solo Show at Kunstverein, Mönchengladbach - Postponed & Extended

Kirstin Arndt's solo exhibition, ringen-lassen, originally set to open in the Kunstverein Mönchengladbach in Mönchengladbach, Germany on March 21st, has now been postponed due to COVID-19 safety measures. The show, which is set to feature new work by Arndt, has been extended until May 31st in light of the show's postponement. Like much of Arndt's work, the installations in ringen-lassen respond to the architecture of the space and question the relationships between space, dimension and surfaces. Arndt's media primarily consists of household items and industrial materials, which she then physically manipulates through a number of different techniques in order to inscribed new layers of meaning. Below you will find a preview of some of the works that will be featured in the show. We will be sure to update our supporters on any developments.

Images: Photographs of Kirstin Arndt's new work in ringen-lassen, photographs courtesy of the artist

Arno Kramer Curates Beyond Drawing Exhibition at the Ballina Arts Centre, Co. Mayo

Image: Arno Kramer, Untitled, 2019, Charcoal and pastel on paper, 43.5 cm x 51.5cms

Gallery artist Arno Kramer recently curated a group exhibition entitled Beyond Drawingat the Ballina Arts Centre in Mayo. The show includes the work of three Dutch artists- Marleen Kappe, Romy Muijrers, Marisa Rappard and three Irish artists- Kiera O’Toole, Mary-Ruth Walsh, Felicity Clear. The exhibition is a celebration of contemporary drawing and investigates the ways in which artists use drawing as a medium to examine themes surrounding memory, identity and consciousness. Unfortunately, the show has had to close in recent weeks due to COVID-19 concerns, but will hopefully reopen to the public soon before embarking on its scheduled tour around the country this July.

Damien Flood Participates in Group Show at Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art

Two of Damien Flood's paintings are currently featured in a group show entitled, Great Small Works, which is still open for viewing at Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art in Belgium. The show features over 80 recent small scale artworks from 30+ artists.

Image : Installation views of the Small Great Works exhibition at Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art

Image : Damien Flood, Aspect, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm; one of Flood's featured works in the exhibition Great Small Works

Alan Butler Representing Ireland at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale

Green on Red Gallery is delighted to share the announcement that our gallery artist, Alan Butler as part of the ANNEX collective, was recently selected to represent Ireland at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Biennale Architettura 2020. ANNEX is an international research and design collective that  is comprised of a team of architects, artists, and urbanists, which includes Sven Anderson, David Capener, Donal Lally, Clare Lyster and Fiona McDermott in addition to Alan Butler. The theme of the 2020 Biennale, chosen by its chief curator, Hashim Sarkis, is "How will we live together?" and serves as the inspiration behind each participating nation's exhibition. ANNEX's exhibition will be entitled Entanglement and is said to respond to the relationships between architecture and data infrastructures and is deeply linked to how these relationships manifest in Ireland's own architectural landscape. The 17th International Architecture Exhibition is set to run from August 29th to November 29th, after which the Entanglement exhibition is set to tour Ireland in 2021.

Aoife Shanahan in February Irish Arts Review

Look out for Stephanie McBride's "Shadowlands" article about Aoife Shanahan's recent photographs in the current edition of The Irish Arts Review. See Irish Arts Review: Spring (March-May 2020), “Shadowlands” by Stephanie McBride, pp. 90-95.

Image: Aoife Shanahan, Folded Cascade Paper no. 6, 2019, 25 x 20 cm, featured in the latest edition of Irish Arts Review

Brigid Riley's Retrospective at The Hayward Gallery, London

Image : Installation view of Bridget Riley's retrospective at The Hayward Gallery, London

Our gallery artist Bridget Riley recently concluded a retrospective show at The Hayward Gallery in London, which ran from October 23, 2019 to January 26 2020. The show featured work that spanned her impressive 70 year career and included some of her most iconic canvases which document her artistic evolution, particularly her shifting focuses on the nuances of colour and limitations of form. The show also included some of Riley's rare preparatory sketches and drawings, which lent insight into her creative process and practice throughout the decades. We would like to congratulate her on the success of the show and look forward to seeing and to supporting new work by Bridget.

Damien Flood's Tumble (2018) Acquired by Trinity College, Dublin

We are pleased to announce that Damien Flood's painting Tumble was recently purchased from Green On Red Gallery for Trinity College's permanent art collection by The Provost's Fund for Contemporary Art.  Flood is an Irish artist and graduate of NCAD whose work is often grounded in early writings on philosophy, theology, alchemy and the natural sciences and explores the mutability of ' reality ' and language.  Tumble ( 2018 ) is one of the works from Flood's recent Green On Red Gallery exhibition The Figure in the Carpet (2018), through which the artist explored the duality of imagery by incorporating both figurative and abstract elements in his compositions.

Image : Damien Flood, Tumble, 2018, Oil on reversed black primed canvas, 150 cm x 125 cm

WE ARE MOVING!

Green On Red Gallery enters its 28th year in business in Dublin on the move. After five great years in Spencer Dock, Dublin 1, where we made many new friends and key supporters, the gallery will take up a new space to continue to show contemporary art from Ireland and beyond. We will keep you advised of future developments and look forward to seeing you again in our new gallery soon.

Highlights of the last 5 years in Spencer Dock include the addition of artists Kirstin Arndt, Alan Butler, Aoife Shanahan and Xavier Theunis to the gallery's roster.  We look forward to bringing you more of their work and new work of all of our gallery artists in the future, both in Dublin and at events and fairs internationally, as always, thanks to Culture Ireland. 

In the meantime, if you are interested in viewing any work by our artists Kirstin Arndt, Alan Butler, John Cronin, Mary FitzGerald, Damien Flood, John Graham, Tom Hunter, Ben Jones, Mark Joyce, Arno Kramer, Niamh McCann, Caroline McCarthy, Ronan McCrea, Fergus Martin, Bridget Riley, Nigel Rolfe, Aoife Shanahan and Xavier Theunis please reach out to us at info@greenonredgallery.com to set up an appointment.

Jerome O Drisceoil 
Director
Green On Red Gallery