Melanie le Brocquy’s (1919 – 2018) sculpture was distinguished by its scale – small but never diminutive, or, miniature. The excitement captured in the finished bronze referenced the decisions made, unmade and made again, in the way she modeled the clay. Her human and animal figures were animated by subtle gesture – the angle of […]

This exhibition is the final in the third series of Futures, a sequence of exhibitions that endeavours to document and contextualise the work of early career artists and emergent practices, around who exists a growing critical and curatorial consensus. The artists in Futures, Series 3, Episode 3 are selected from various artist-led initiatives, group shows […]

Blending original and found materials, Michael Robinson creates collaged films exploring the emotional mechanics of popular media, the nature of heartache, and the instability of the reality we inhabit. Riding the line between nostalgia and contempt, these works invoke a queer balancing of dark humour and bald sentiment – indulging the seductions of dramatic formulas […]

Landscape and ecological change are at the centre of these new works by Kurt Oppermann, showing in the RHA Ashford Gallery. The landscape is re arranged, altered, and manoeuvred as to facilitate function, efficiency and aesthetic. While the paintings depict no clear or identifiable place they articulate a system of processes that can perhaps be […]

This exhibition, entitled Vision X, aims to bring together previously unseen works by new emerging Irish artists Aileen Murphy, Glenn Fitzgerald, Eleanor McCaughey and Brian Harte among others with more established international artists Thomas Noskowski, Joyce Pensato and Norbert Schwontkowski. The exhibition focuses on work that teeters on the edge of perception, dreamlike, sometimes awkward […]

In this exhibition, Micro Vs. Macro, SUBSET brings awareness to our selective blindness and the impact human actions have on the environment. They have examined several materials on a microscopic level to force a consideration with the cycle of creation and consumption. Through a presentation of microplastics, the audience is dwarfed with this imagery. The main […]