Gallery Update August 2020

David O'Reilly
Cor*na Voicemails - Quarantine Dreams, 2020
short film
11:08 minutes

REMOTE JOY REVIEW - PAPER VISUAL IRELAND

"There is something valuable about this provisionality, an improvisational meeting of expedience and emergency."

For those who may have missed our first virtual show, Remote Joy, Paper Visual Art gave an in depth review of the work, format and relationship between the gallery and the audience. The show marked an important link between our artists, audience and physical space. Featuring new work by artists Alan Butler, Aoife Shanahan, Caroline McCarthy, Constant Dullaart, Damien Flood, David O’Reilly, Fergus Martin, John Graham, Kirstin Arndt, Mark Joyce and Ronan McCrea.

The link to that review can be found below;
http://papervisualart.com/2020/07/09/remote-joy-green-on-red-gallery-dublin-1-and-online-14-may-28-june-2020/

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Niamh McCann
McCann’s the Upshot AKA The Awakening Man AKA The Vanquished One (masked), 2018
Taxidermy fawn, Latex, bitumen, Box Steel
Frame, Neon
From the exhibition Furtive Tears, Hugh Lane Gallery

Collection of the Arts Council of Ireland

NIAMH MCCANN SHORTLISTED FOR VENICE BIENNALE

Green On Red Artist Niamh McCann has been shortlisted for the Irish representative for the Venice Biennale. Niamh's work includes sculpture, installation, painting and video, explores philosophical riddles/conundrums through seemingly random visual juxtapositions and spatial relationships, looking toward themes of travel, globalization and urbanization.

For more info on Niamh's work please follow the link to her website below:
www.niamhmccann.com

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Mark Joyce and Fergal Dowling
Tyndall’s Blues - Exterior Photograph

TYNDALL'S BLUES - VISUAL CARLOW

Mark Joyce and Fergal Dowling
23 July - 18 October

Tyndall’s Blues is an artistic collaboration between visual artist Mark Joyce and composer Fergal Dowling which responds to the transparent skin of Visual Carlow.

Tyndall’s Blues uses blue light and intermittent ‘refracted' sound to explore the work of Carlow, Leighlinbridge born John Tyndall (1820-93), the brilliant nineteenth-century experimental physicist, alpinist, progressive public intellectual and gifted science educator. 

Mark Joyce explores the anomalies and phenomenological strangeness of our optical experience, with ideas drawn from scientific and philosophical concepts of physical light. He studied Painting at the Royal College of Art, London, has had solo exhibitions in Ireland, UK, and the USA, won awards from The British Council, Thomas Damman Trust, and the Georgette Chen fellowship in 2016. His work is in the collections of the IMMA and the Arts Council of Ireland. 
 

For more info on the exhibition, follow the link to the Visual Carlow website below:
https://www.visualcarlow.ie/exhibitions/info/tyndalls-blues

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John Graham
Kosmische
acrylic, pigment ink and pencil on paper
36 x 27 cm

STORIES FROM LISMORE AND BEYOND

Lismore Castle Arts, Co. Waterford, Ireland
 31 July –  11 October 2020

John Graham is currently exhibiting in Stories from Lismore and Beyond, at Lismore Castle Arts. The show documents an extraordinary moment in society, since the Covid-19 pandemic has spread across the globe. As people have been in lockdown for several months, our lives have seemingly transformed beyond recognition, with a shared moment for contemplation unimaginable only a few months ago.

The exhibition has 3 distinct strands – invited submissions of images of daily life, mostly submitted through social media; and include artists such as Dervla Baker, Lee Behegan, Ella Bertilsson, Stephen Brandes, Susan Buttner, Clashmore Chairs, Carol Anne Connolly, Cronan Creagh, Fanny Currey, Francis Edmund Currey, Lucien Freud, John Graham, Breda Geoghegan, Elaine Grainger, Austin Hearne, Paul Henry, Michele Horrigan, Fiona Kelly, Arno Kramer, Valerie Lee, Victoria William Ley, Heather and Ivan Morison, David Nash, Peter Nash, Dennis McNulty, Katie Nolan, Deirdre O’Mahony, Alison Pilkinton, Philip Quinn, Jim Ricks, Ciara Roche, Carolyn Sergeant, Angie Shanahan, Superfolk, Emma Tenant, Aram Wahhoud, Louise Wallace – and many more

Upcoming Free Event- Screen Walk with Alan Butler, April 22nd at 18:00 GMT

Image: Alan Butler, 6B4J3f859UCQI0_jzFoXyw_0_0.jpg (Spooky timing that in the queue today is burning a taco truck), 2016, Giclée print on archival 100% cotton portfolio rag, Edition of 3, +1 AP, 90.5 cm x 61cm

Join our gallery artist, Alan Butler, for a live-streamed performance piece in partnership with Screen Walks, an online collaborative series created and hosted by The Photographers Gallery, London and Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland. The Screen Walks series seeks to explore the limits of creative online spaces and shine a light on our vibrant, but often overlooked, digital cultural scene. Butler will lead attendees in a tour of the game environment of Grand Theft Auto V, and focus his performance on topics of representation, simulation and the role of the in-game photographer. Interested parties can register prior to the event and find more information about the piece at this link- https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/talks-and-events/screen-walk-alan-butler

Spotlight on Aoife Shanahan's Within the Shadows Project

Aoife Shanahan's recent and ongoing artistic project, Within the Shadows, explores themes of isolation and disconnection and examines how physical spaces can mirror psychological states. We think that the series has become particularly poignant as the world continues to experience unprecedented and indefinite social distancing measures, which are undoubtedly impacting the way humans navigate social landscapes. Below are some recent works from the project which Shanahan describes in her own words as a "response to being submerged in a new environment and the work functions as a metaphor for the constant flux of modern living...The lone figure becomes an intriguing character within this space, challenging us to call upon our imagination, fears and fantasies to create new narratives, ones where hope prevails and anxiety fades." Within the Shadows has also received recent recognition from the Irish Arts Review, which featured a six page article spread by Stephanie McBride about Shanahan's recent work.

Top Image: Aoife Shanahan, Lean, 2015, Archival inkjet print, Edition of 5, + 1 AP, 35.5 cm x 28cm
Bottom Left Image: Aoife Shanahan, Stolen Moment, 2015, Archival inkjet print, Edition of 5, + 1 AP, 35.5 cm x 28cm
Bottom Right Image: Aoife Shanahan, Illuminate, 2015, Archival inkjet print, Edition of 5, + 1 AP, 35.5 cm x 28cm

Damien Flood's RHA Solo Show- Now Postponed Until November

Damien Flood's next solo show at the RHA gallery has been postponed until November 2020  due to COIVD-19 safety measures. We are excited to see Flood's new work and look forward to bringing you more details about the exhibition closer to its re-scheduled opening.

Green on Red Gallery at Art Brussels-Now Postponed Until June 2020

Green on Red Gallery are looking forward to participating in the 38th Art Brussels art fair, which will now be taking place in Brussels, Belgium from June 25th to June 28th. Green On Red Gallery will be the only participating gallery from Ireland.  We are excited to  show new work by Ronan McCrea and Xavier Theunis.  We will premiere a new slide installation work by Ronan McCrea called Waste to Energy/Energy to Waste ( 2020 ) and new photographs.  We will exhibit new paintings by Xavier Theunis ( Bel. ) in his first show in his native Belgium.

Left Image: Ronan McCrea, Waste to Energy Energy to Waste (Version no.1), 2020, Projected 35mm slides with Custom Masks DimsVarEdn1+1APSoundtrackOrText
Right Image: Xavier Theunis, Untitled (Paysage no. 122), 2019, 180 cm x 120 cm

Damien Flood Invited to Show at the RHA Annual Exhibition

Image : Damien Flood, Head Room, 2019, Oil on linen, 100 cm x 80 cm

We are pleased to announce that Damien Flood has been invited by the RHA gallery to exhibit in the RHA Annual Exhibition, which has been rescheduled to September 2020. Damien 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. Flood will be showing new work.

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.