This Rather Than...
October 2nd to November 01 2008
A group exhibition of recent graduates from Sligo
IT,GMIT, Limerick School of Art and Design and Crawford College of Art
and Design. Donal Maloney, Eva Maher, Daemien O Connell, Selma Makely and Rebecca Massey.
Rebecca Massey
Curated by Russell Hart
Maeve Curtis
October 2nd to November 01 2008
"An absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"
Maeve Curtis Installation Image
2007 Galway City and County Council Emerging Artist Award Recipient.
Arduous Intent
November 7th - 27th 2008
This group exhibition grew out of viewing the video
documentation of Chris Burden’s seminal Shoot, 1971 and physical performances
involving the circumnavigation of, or direct contact with, an obstacle. Matthew
Barney’s Drawing Restraint 14, 2006 performance drawing, installed in the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, embodies both aspects of this. The piece
examines the obstacle as a metaphor and suggests that its presence is intrinsic
to the creation of an artwork. Barney’s harness and rock climbing actively
prevent him from the accurate movements involved in making what is a
representational drawing. The works in video works gathered together in Arduous
Intent seem to celebrate restraint and the overcoming of it. The action-based
works in this presentation could all be said to reference the obstacle be it a
staircase (Brian Duggan), a wall to be conquered (Daniel Shipsides/Neal Beggs)
or gravity itself (Shaun Gladwell) as an issue. Making function based actions
the organizing principle for the creation of these artists works.
Shaun Gladwell's recent video
works engage these concerns through forms of urban expression such as
skateboarding, hip-hop, graffiti, BMX biking and breakdancing. Saun
Gladwell was born in 1972. He lives and works in Sydney. He has
exhibited in significent exhibitions including: 52nd International
Eehibition, Venice Biennale; 2006 Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil; Busan
Biennale 2006, Korea; Space for your Future, Museum of Contemporary Art
Toyko MOT 2008;. In June 20009, Gladwell will represent Australia at
the 53rd Venice Biennale.
Brian Duggan lives and works in
Dublin. His work re-examines the role and function of the individual,
through staging what can appear illogical actions, that tests boundries
and rules that make up lived experience. His solo projects include; A
long walk of a short pier, G126 Galway and Atelier portes Ouvertes,
CCI, Paris.
Neal Beggs and Dan Shipsides
are occasional collaborators since becoming aware of each others work -
which often involves their passion for mountaineering or rock
clin=mbing. Working in similar areas and themes, the two practices run
on parallel trajectories - often sharing research or production
processes and directly collaborating or assisting. Neal Beggs was born
in Larne, Northern Ireland in 1959 and lives in France and the UK. His
projects include; Users' End BePart Belgium; Corridor, CCA, Glasgow and
surface action, Galerie La Sous-Sol, Paris. Dan Shipsides was born in
Lancashire, England. His projects include; Users' End BePart, Belgium;
Games and Theory South London Gallery; and Echo Valle...Void, Dublin
