Irish Art Scene

Manifold draws inspiration for her work from over-looked and often unbelievable subject matter such as rare delusional illnesses, obscure phenomena and manifestations of medieval melancholy, as a means in which to comment upon human consciousness in contemporary culture. The exhibition also reflects the artist’s fascination with the German ‘Wunderkammer’, or ‘cabinet room of curiosities’, private museums which date back to the C16th in which both the natural and the man-made were classified not by science but by the owner’s personal imagination and taste. In using this classification system as a vehicle, the artist presents her ideas upon hybridism and transformation, between both man and animal, and man and machine. Manifold’s cabinet of curiosities reads like a fairy tale, in which inanimate objects take on animal forms and preserved creatures are embellished like precious objects. Saturday 1st October to Friday 21st October.   Garterlane Gallery, O'Connell Street Water...

When the hammer went down on Jack B Yeats painting "A Fair Day, Mayo" for one million euros this week its got the Irish Art Scene buzzing again as it became to most expensive work of art sold in Ireland. In times of crisis people look to the arts as a sense of National pride, take this sale and  the record numbers who were out in force for the Culture Night. Irish people are again looking for a national identity that had become lost during the recession. The recession has hit Ireland hard with the risk of losing its sovereignity. Culture in Ireland has always been an important part of society but during the boom is was watered down to make it fit into globalisation as Irish people looked outward with the roar of the Celtic Tiger. Ireland had become culturally lost which can be echoed in the presidential race where the candidates talk about supporting culture to build up Irish confidence in itself to get back on its feet economically.

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Group Show at Oisin Gallery, Dublin

Call for Submissions: The Cockleshell Gallery, Wexford

The Niland Gallery, Merchant’s Road, Galway: 'Trust' - Curated by Mark Cullen - October 1st - 3... : Trust Maeve Curtis, Kate Molloy and Beth O' Halloran Curated by Mark Cullen The Niland Gallery October 1 st - 30 th

Miscellany @ New Art Studio opened on Culture night showcasing work by 10 artists working to the same size  in various media ranging from monoprints to Digital Prints. The show explores many different themes ranging from Niall Wright's view of the Irish landscape, these images of the bare bog-lands give a moody atmospheric that draws the viewer in. Aidan McDermott's playful use of symbolic imagery tells a almost child like narrative in a traditional painting you would associate with works from the Bolognese School