Kevin Kavanagh Gallery

28 July – 13 August 2011

Opening reception 28 July 6pm

Kevin Kavanagh is pleased to present Room Outside, an exhibition of new and older work that concerns itself with the idea of landscape but more specifically the artist’s representation of a room outside whether it’s a real physical space or an imagined constructed space.

Using Northern Forest (see image ) by Michelle Considine as a starting point, the exhibition presents new paintings by Oliver Comerford, Stephen Loughman, Dermot Seymour, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Paul McKinley. A selection of Nevan Lahart’s  Goya’s Gaia that featured at Preview Berlin 2010, and two recent photographs by Sean Lynch that featured at Volta 7 Basel (2011). A recent watercolour by German artist Karin Brunnermeier and a new work on paper by Michelle Considine. Two photographs from Patrick Jolley’s Ice House, a selection of work from Gary Coyle’s ongoing project , At Sea, the Daily Practice of Swimming and finally sculpture by Tadhg McSweeney and German artist Ulrich Vogl.

www.kevinkavanaghgallery.ie

The Douglas Hyde Gallery

July 22 – August 29, 2011

Opening July 21, 6 – 7:30pm

This exhibition – the first such show to take place at the Douglas Hyde Gallery since 1990 – is an informal gathering of Irish paintings that have been inspired, in various ways, by landscape. Intended to have an air of lightness and ease, it is also a reflection of darker, more ambiguous, moods and currents in the world.

I invited artists to take part in this summer exhibition in much the same way as I might put together a list for a party. Some are old friends; others are acquaintances; a few are people I don’t really know but whose work I find interesting for one reason or another. Unfortunately it wasn’t possible to make the gathering more comprehensive or all-embracing.

To give the exhibition a particular focus, artists were asked to propose two or three works that might throw some light on the idea of ‘liminality’ – in-between places, edges, thresholds, points at which something is transformed – and I chose the final image from their suggestions.  It has been an interesting and enjoyable process, and I thank all the artists for their enthusiasm and generosity.

John Hutchinson

Artists taking part in the exhibition:

Michael Canning, Fergus Feehily, David Godbold, Patrick Hall, Elizabeth Magill, Eoin McHugh, Stephen McKenna, William McKeown, Paul McKinley, Nick Miller, Ciarán Murphy, Gavin O’Curry, Mairead O’hEocha, Kathy Prendergast, Marc Reilly, Tony Swain.

[Image]: D-House – Paul McKinley

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 Friday 5 August 2011 at 7.30pm

Exhibition continues until Saturday 27th August

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An exhibition of mixed media drawings, paintings and sculptural works by Mayo-born artist Mary Noonan. “This work is a reflection of my research into Irish folklore and superstition relating to ‘fairy-faith’, particularly from the late 19th and early 20th century. It also has a direct relationship to my own upbringing on a farm in Mayo. The materials and processes I use, such as tearing and cutting the paper, become a metaphor for psychological aspects of uncovered narrative. The work is informed by a sense of the uncanny and explores ideas relating to identity, landscape and cultural history.” Mary has both a BA and MFA in Painting from NCAD. Currently based in Dublin, she has exhibited widely since 2000 including COE Claremorris Open Exhibition (2006, 2007, 2010), RUA Annual Show (2008) RHA Annual Show (2011, 2010) and was an invited artist at TULCA 2010. This is Mary’s 6th solo exhibition.
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image: The Strength of a Body is Needed by the Shadows
acrylic, gold marker and plastic on birch panel 122cm x170cm 2011

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more info at: www.marynoonan.com and www.thelinenhall.com

Packed with live music and fun galore The Northside Music Festival 2011 guarantees to be a celebration that all the family will enjoy! This year’s exceptional music programme will be held in distinctive settings such as city parks, community centres, churches and civic spaces that will strengthen existing audiences and encouraging new audiences to come along.

The Red Stables plays host to The Oxo Boys Stringband and Beoga  on Monday 1^st August from 2pm.

The Oxo Boys Stringband play fiddle and banjo music that we associate with America ‘s Appalachian Mountains and Beoga, a five piece band from Antrim specialise in modern Irish music.

The Northside Music Festival is proudly brought to you by Dublin City Council.  A full programme of events is available from The Arts Office on t: 01 222 8588/7305, e-mail: artsoffice@dublincity.ie or visit our website: http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/ArtsOffice.

Exhibition opening Thursday 14 July 6–8pm

by Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Maria Parodi, representing the Lord Mayor.

Cecilia Bullo
Martina Galvin
Maria Makrai

Cecilia’s work investigates the potential of a metaphorical journey taken with the aim to heal ones inner self. Martina Galvin’s photographic works explores various forms of light and feature landscapes of liminal light and Maria Makrai’s work presents compositions of the built environment rendered through abstract drawing.

Exhibition continues: 15 July – 5 Aug

The essay “Process–ional’ Geographies” by James Merrigan was written in anticipation of the group exhibition ‘fractures, lines and light’.