November 17 to December 23, 2017

Hurley explores how life’s memories are reassembled in a fluid and non-linear way.  Using old photographs, media images, or stills from old Super 8mm film for inspiration, she taps into images remembered by us all, inhabited by people who are everyone and, no one.  She adds to them, takes away, changes scale, and amplifies details in similar ways that memories are actually recalled and replayed.  Her colourful paintings exploits the chance elements resulting from pouring and layering paint.   A graduate of CIT Crawford College of Art & Design, Hurley has shown work in several Cork galleries since 2009.

For a catalogue of the show, go here.

VUE 17
National contemporary art fair

November 2 – 5, 2017

Don’t miss this annual event featuring over 20 of the best Irish galleries all under one roof at the RHA Gallery, Ely Place, Dublin 2.  We’ll be bringing work by established and emerging artists, including Cormac Boydell, Donagh Carey, Tim Goulding, Carol Hodder, Maeve McCarthy, Siobhan McDonald, Nick Miller, Hughie O’Donoghue, Frances Ryan, and Catherine Weld.  For a preview of featured work, go here.

Frances Ryan’s third solo show at this gallery features new paintings celebrating the wonder of plant life. Combining observational studies with spontaneous mark making, these paintings are an emotional response to encounters with a wide variety of botanical specimens from different parts of the world.   They are inspired, in part, by visits to Dublin and Kew Botanical Gardens.  Ryan’s use of vibrant colour, abstracted forms, and repeating patterns mark an exciting new direction for this artist.  To view a preview of the show, click here.