A few months ago I was selected for inclusion in a 3 person exhibition at Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Co. Mayo. The resulting exhibition 'Strange Days' will open on Thursday 5th April at 8pm and will continue until 28th April. Check out the press release below, hope you can make it!
Strange Days: Michelle Considine, Amy McGovern and Margo McNulty.
Official Opening Thursday 5th April, 8pm
Strange Days is a curated exhibition featuring the work of three artists – Michelle Considine, Amy McGovern and Margo McNulty. The exhibition takes, as its starting point, a sensibility which shared by the three artists. While each has a distinctive style, there is a tone and an atmosphere in their work which suggests a haunting presence.
The ultimate effect is one of an ‘uncanniness’ – the development of a mysterious dimension located somewhere between consciousness and memory. This effect will both challenge and unnerve the viewer, instilling a feeling of discomfort, which is in turn, at odds with the sublime aesthetic beauty of the works.
This dichotomy adds to the overall mystery of the combined works and places it firmly in a modernist and post-modernist tradition which dates back to the early days of Dada and the Surrealists – a tradition which has endured abstraction and often works best with figurative work.
Admission free. All welcome. Runs until 28th April.
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