Roscommon Arts Centre

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, Mary Noonan 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 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

Farmer’s Daughter

selected for inclusion in the

181 st 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 and www.marynoonan.com

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.

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 and are calling on all artists to submit work for this exhibition.

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 would grow in his ears… on Parnell St., Dublin 1

For more info visit www.upstart.ie

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

Runs from Sat Nov 6 – Sun Nov 21 2010

For more info visit www.tulca.ie

image: Farmer’s Daughter, Mary Noonan 2010 (showing in Galway Arts Centre)

COE 2010

Claremorris Open Exhibition

official opening Saturday 4th September at 8.30pm

exhibition runs 4 – 25 September 2010

Selected by curator and writer Lisa Le Feuvre

see www.coearts.org for more details

image above: So filthy spuds could grow in his ears…

watercolour, watercolour pencil, pencil & gold marker on torn paper, 38 cm x 28 cm, Mary Noonan 2010

Issue Two of Occupy Paper is available now to read online and download. This issue includes a review of Mary Noonan and Damien O’Connell’s show ‘Island’ in Occupy Space, a review of Dana Schutz’s show in the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin and Interviews with Gareth Jenkins, Laura McMorrow and Beth Fox.

click here to read

Occupy Space

Thomas Street, Limerick presents

Island

a two-person exhibition by

Mary Noonan

&

Damien O’Connell

Opening Reception

7 pm – 9 pm July 1

Exhibition continues until July 17

Image: Sucking on a Lemon

watercolour, watercolour pencil & pencil on cut and torn paper

Mary Noonan 2010

visit www.occupy-space.blogspot.com for more details

see also www.marynoonan.com

Swine Flew: Pigasus An Irish Myth

selected for inclusion in the
180th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
24 May – 31 July

Detail of ‘Swine Flew: Pigasus An Irish Myth’

mixed media 2010

for more details on the exhibition visit www.royalhibernianacademy.ie

See also www.marynoonan.com

Telling Images

An Exhibition of Paintings by Peter Burns and Mary Noonan

April 17 – May 8 2010

www.marynoonan.com