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You are warmly invited to

Unnatural Esoteric

A solo exhibition by Louise Manifold

At 6pm

On Friday 5th March 2010 in Galway Arts Centre

Galway Arts Centre is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Galway based artist Louise Manifold, entitled ‘Unnatural Esoteric’. The opening will take place at 6pm on Friday 5th March 2010 in 47 Dominick Street. The exhibition comprises of new work in video, photography and sculptural installation.

All of Manifold’s work has the theme of disconnection and distance from the world of which one is living in, while encouraging a creation of an individual reality. Using both fictional and real information the artist builds upon identifiable binaries to open up a dialogue between human perceptions and imagination’s ability to read into what is suggested or unreal. The artist draws her inspiration from over-looked and unbelievable subject matter- ranging from rare delusional illnesses, obscure phenomena and manifestations of medieval melancholy as a means in which to comment upon human awareness in contemporary culture. Her engagement with such material centres upon what she believes is its potential to generate legend or new mythology for the viewer to consume, and contribute to wider cultural legacies....more

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