'SNAP' TUAM ARTS FESTIVAL 2007

a multimedia exhibition in two parts. curated by Joanne Hayes.
Artists; Kevin Flanagan, Sinead Ni Bhaoill, Ben Geoghegan, Jonathan Salmon, Sharon O Grady, Mark Kelly, Joanne Hynes, Tom Flanagan.

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I see Prisms & A Synesthesiacs's Sketchbook

For the Galway Arts Festival 2007.

The Open Eye Club presents ‘ I see Prism’

The Open Eye Club was founded in 2005 by Karen Cunningham & Leonora Hennessy.
The Club curates one off events to show video and animation alongside, installation, painting and performance. The Club is also evolved in commissioned the production of new videos by artists. All the events are FREE, ONE-OFF for ONE-NIGHT only occasions which aim to provide for the artists and viewers a unique and communal viewing experience. Amongst the artists featured at these events, Jim Lambie former Turner Prize Nominate and Dave Sherry who showed as part of Beck’s Futures at the ICA London, CCA Glasgow and Southampton.

As part the eight strong artists to show at this event, we are delighted to be showing some a new work by international artist David Shrigley.

‘I see Prisms’ will be the first event by The Open Eye Club to take place outside of Glasgow. The Club have programmed a selection of 9 artists whose work reflects contemporary art being made in Glasgow and includes for the first time, work by The Open Eye Clubs curators.

As well as a screening in two parts the event will feature a ‘live slide projection’ performance by artist/photographer Fred Pedersen. This performance in is a new work that has grown out of his first performance at The Open Eye Clubs 5th event which took place in December ’06.

Artists showing in the event:

Originally from Iceland Sigga Bjorg Sigurdardottir works primarily with drawing and animation. She is represented by Galerie Adler Germany.

Ann Bowman is an American painter based in Glasgow who has recently started making videos.

Karen Cunningham originally studied photography. Her practice has expanded to include sculpture, video and painting.

Formally a lighting designer since the early 90s Ronnie Heeps has been involved in performance, public art and painting.

Leonora Hennessy is from a painting background, she currently works with found objects and new media.

Ciara Phillips work incorporates elements of painting printmaking drawing and sewing and now video.

Originally from Canada Gordon Schmidt has a background in sculpture and is now working with painting and video installations.

David Shrigley is a Glasgow based artist with a diverse art practice who is internationally known for his drawings. He is represented by Stephen Friedman.

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A Synesthesiacs Sketchbook

Curated by Karen Cunningham & Leonora Hennessy

Gallery g126 – Galway, Ireland
17th – 28th July 2007

Originally from Belfast Neil Clements studied painting at Glasgow School of Art. By taking romanticised modes of production as a starting point Clements draws out a sense of fatalism inseparable from the idea of a purely formal artwork. Pace ‘til Death is from an ongoing series of paintings that take as their starting point catalogue images of artists’ studios and related sources. The title is borrowed from a Song by Scandinavian Black Metal pioneers Bathory. Codified as paint and represented as a ghostly backdrop, the Pace Gallery becomes a sentimentalised reflection on the flawed idea of an entirely self-referential practice.

Leonora Hennessy studied painting at Limerick School of Art before going to Glasgow to study for a MFA at Glasgow School of Art. Using a broad range of found materials she is continuously re-evaluating the parameters of drawing and the use of line in her practice, primarily through video, sculpture, installation and drawing.

By documenting banal events and brief encounters with strangers, Fred Pedersen investigates formal relationships such as the relations between the individual subjects and their environment; those specific to photography which emerge during the process of photographing between photographer and subject and those subsequent relationships between author and viewer. The connections formed between these photographs emphasise their real and constructed similarities, establishing a resistance by each individual photograph to be categorised as either document or fiction, existing as both simultaneously.' Pedersen recently exhibited in a 2-person show at the Transmission Gallery in Glasgow where he also launched a limited edition publication of his work.

Karen Cunningham studied photography at Edinburgh College of Art and then on the MFA program at Glasgow School of Art. Influenced by science and fiction (or speculative fictions) her work draws upon the notion of a 'common sense' relationship to knowledge and experience; the idea that there is a generally accepted view of the things based on innate rationality, a form of pre-cultural reasoning used to apprehend the world.

Dave Sherry was short listed for the Becks Futures prize in 2003 and has just returned from a yearlong residency at Villa Concordia in Bamberg, Germany. He will be exhibiting in Dublin and Geneva later this year.
“In this work I wanted to analyse an image, a photograph of an iconic figure. I wanted this simple task to be a documentary. This work is my version of 'The South Bank Show' or 'Horizon'. I don't ever want to give out the identity of the subject and in this way the TV program is a guess who. The seriousness of the image I describe is contradicted by the manner in which the work is presented. These kinds of contradictions are vitally important to me in trying to create a dynamic within a work.”

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The Surprise Painting Show

THE SURPRISEPAINTINGSHOW.
8th of June till the 7th of July 2007.

SEVEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS CHOOSE SEVEN PAINTERS TO SHOW IN ONE SPACE.

G126 Galway’s artist run gallery space prepared a show with a difference. Artists Aideen Barry, Niall Moore, Ben Geoghegan, Sharon O’Grady, Eileen Healy, Megs Morley and Jim Ricks make up a committee of seven, each committee member will curate an artist who works within the media of painting. The artist and work will remain a surprise to the other committee members and the public until the grand unveiling on the 7th of June at 7pm.


Gallery opens from 12 to 5pm Friday and Saturday.
Funded by both City and County Councils.







G126 Announces the Surprise Painting Show Artists were:

Felicity Clear (IRL)
Alice Maher (IRL)
Christoph Kronke (GER)
John Brady (IRL)
Patrick Rios (USA)
Sean Lyons (USA)
Brendan Flaherty (IRL)

Dr. Meave Connolly Speaks with Vivienne Dick

Thank you to all who came to the gallery for the discussion - and particular thanks to Dr. Maeve Connolly and Vivienne for the interesting talk.

Vivienne Dick - "The True Centre Is Always New" G126 006

THE TRUE CENTRE IS ALWAYS NEW
Thursday 10th May - Saturday 2nd June
Preview Thursday 10th May @ 7-9pm
Gallery opens Fridays and Saturdays 12-5



G126 presents The True Centre is Always New, from material shot in New York, Queensland, Wellington NZ, Donegal and Galway.

There will also be a screening of Vivienne Dick's She Had Her Gun All Ready, a classic No Wave film made in New York in 1978. Lydia Lunch and Pat Place feature in this trash melodrama, which describes a destructive relationship where one character is in thrall to the other.

The film critiques a concept of relationship based on conflict and domination which blights us to this day and which is powerfully exemplified in the 60's rock anthem by ? and the Mysterians - "96 Tears".



Vivienne Dick has been making films and video work since the late seventies. Her work has shown widely at festivals, on television and at many international museums.

Times of screenings of She Had Her Gun All Ready (28m) will be listed on the website. This film along with other early work, Guerillere Talks and Staten Island, will shortly be available on dvd, distributed by Lux.

More information on Viviennne Dick's work is available on

http://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/vivienne_dick/index.html

Aoife Merrigan - "A/Void" G126 005

a/void, Aoife Merrigan's first solo show took place in G126 from the 19th April 2007 to Saturday 5th of May 2007.

Aoife Merrigan created a site specific artwork in the exhibition space of G126 using elastic cord and other simple materials. The sculptural installation interacted with the space creating an artwork unique to the gallery. The artists practice seeks to question the notion of value through the use of basic materials and focuses on the exploring the exhibition space often highlighting the aspects within a gallery space which are often overlooked such as fittings and fixtures. A/Void is part of an investigative process to explore use of space and the possibility of transforming the functional into the aesthetic.

Aoife Merrigan recently completed a BA (Hons) Fine Art in IADT, Dun Laoghaire . She is co-founder and member of art collective Moxie Dublin . Recent group exhibitions include 'Without a Parachute', The Back Loft, and 'Launch/ Making Do' in The Lab.

Mick Fortune - "Reigning Cats And Dogs" G126 004

Mick Fortune - "Reigning Cats And Dogs"



For the G126 show the artist presents a newly created multi-channel video installation which was recorded in the artist’s family home in Co. Wexford over the 2006 Christmas period.

Reigning Cats and Dogs is comprised of various recordings which depict mini incidents involving the family pets and his immediate family. Filmed from the animal’s perspective, each fixed-frame shot portrays a domestic-styled wildlife documentary where animals co-exist, share and interact in a house full of humans and other animals. Each recording was made at different times and stages of the day and so allows the viewer to witness the calm and chaotic rhythms which exist in the daily household routine.

This work documents the age-old relationship between animals and humans and explores their personal and shared territories within this domestic environment.

Cliona Harmey - "Timeline" G126 003

Cliona Harmey - " Timeline" 003





Left To Right: Ben, Austin (G126), Cliona Harmey, Cyril Briscoe, Eileen (G126)


Cyril Briscoe's Speech

The video 'Timeline' charts the passage of a ship to shore using two simultaneous recordings taken by devices placed at distant points in space. The title Timeline refers both to a technological timeline whilst also referencing the strong connection between the maritime and modern conceptions of timekeeping as well as concerns with ideas of transmission. The viewers realtime interaction with the physical sound is a crucial element of this piece. The sound which was recorded underwater, begins just before the ship enters the frame and continues to build until the ship passes the recording point.

Jim Ricks Woz 'Ere

James C Harrold opens the exhibition


From Left To Right: Ben (G126), James C Harrold (Galway City Council), Timothy Emlyn Jones (Burren College of Art), Jim Ricks, Austin (G126), Eileen (G126).

G126 Presents:

Jim Ricks Woz 'Ere
New work by Jim Ricks

January 13th – February 5th 2007

Jim Ricks' show is comprised of several elements themed around interpretations of identity and ideology in Ireland. Instead of making a single issue piece, he deals with the complexities of Irish society through several simultaneous explorations. The show revolves around the core concept of a what is ‘true’ in contemporary Irish society vis-à-vis what is ‘manufactured’ and marketable. Ricks also plays with both the historical definitions and the contemporary revisions of everyday signifiers. The show promises to be playful, demanding and consciously cluttered.