Original Print Gallery, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2

7 September – 30 September

From Friday 7th until Sunday 30th of September, Black Church Print Studio celebrates our first Salon Show at the Original Print Gallery, Temple Bar, as part of our 25 year anniversary exhibition schedule. This exhibition will preview on Thursday 6th September at 6pm.

Selected by Ann Hodge, Curator of Prints and Drawings from the National Gallery of Ireland and Jan de Fouw, founder member of the Black Church Print Studio. The salon show will consist of approximately 50 works by 20 artists and is a showcase of work produced by current members at the Black Church Print Studio. The subject matter varies from representational to abstract to photographic to digital video work. The result is an elegant and eclectic show that represents the aesthetic of the Black Church Print Studio.

The term Salon is derived from the Salon d’Apollon, in the Louvre, France, in the 18th century where paintings were generally displayed “salon style,” with the walls almost completely covered by works of art. The works in this exhibition have been chosen to celebrate variety and will be displayed in this ‘Salon style’. The scale varies from monumental to miniature and encompasses etchings from Janine Davidson, Joan Gleeson, Dermot Finn, Lucy Braddell, wood block work by Ann Kavanagh, screenprints by Louise Peat, carborundum prints by Stephen Vaughan, digital works by Emma Finucane and Mary Frazer and 3 dimensional prints by Piia Rossi and Monica Flynn.

I took these ages ago. I hope no one minds me putting them up.

I tried out some lithography a while back. Miserable stuff I managed to break a lovely stone.

Here is a time lapse of a painting I made based upon  Kathe Kollwitz’s Mother and child.  I love all of her work and I have borrowed from her before.

Description

The Ballymun Hotel: On the top floor of the Clark Tower hosted many artists and musicians during its stint as a venue. As is stated in the sight ” From 31st of March to the 27th of April 2007 the top floor of the Clarke Tower, one of the last remaining tower blocks in Ballymun, opened its doors to the public in the form of a unique short stay hotel. Artist Seamus Nolan was commissioned by Breaking Ground, the Ballymun Regeneration per cent for art scheme, to undertake a new work in this changing suburb of Dublin.”.

Location

Clark Tower, Ballymun, Dublin

Photos via Alan Quigley: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanquigley/sets/72157600081776713/

good gig

Dermot Finn @ ‘Milestones’

Friday, June 8, 2007

Hi,

I will be taking part in a Black Church Print Studio group exhibiton in the Opw this November. I will have more information later.. in the meantime check out below…

‘Milestones’
Office of Public Works, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
1 November – 22 November 2007

A curated showcase of works by past and present members will take place at the Office of Public Works on St Stephen’s Green. Andrew Folan, National College of Art and Design and Brian Fay, Dublin Institute of Technology will curate this exhibition

Milestones Publication
A commemorative book charting the history, activities and members of Black Church Print Studio over the past 25 years will be published to coincide with the Showcase exhibition.

http://www.print.ie/news/Exh%20Catalogue.pdf

http://www.print.ie/

Group show but for some reason I have only photos of Clare’s work.

Description

Annual arts festival of the arts held on the third weekend of every June in Dunlavin Co Wicklow.

Group Show.