Is mór leis An LAB i Sráid Uí Fhoghlú taispeántas de shaothar líníochta agus péintéireachta le Paul Mc Kinley a léiriú ó 24 Iúil go 26 Lúnasa ( réamhthaispeántas 23 Iúil).
Ghnóthaigh Paul Mc Kinley an Duais do Stiúideo Cónaithe Éireannach ag na Stáblaí Dearga 2007/2008. Tá gnéithe stairiúla agus miotaseolaíocha de Pháirc San Anna agus de na limistéir sa timpeallacht le sonnru sa bhailiúchán nua seo dá shaothar
Tagraíonn an teideal, "Under the Bluebells" d’alt nuachtáin a scríobh Neil Jordan ag déanamh cur síos ar a mhacnaimh agus é ag siúl i bPáirc San Anna. Dar leis go bhfuil i bhfad níos mó gníomhaíochta ag dul ar aghaidh sa pháirc ná mar atá le sonnrú ag an gcéad casadh súl.
Notes to the Editor
Exhibition runs from 24th July to 26th August from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Admission is free.
Paul McKinley graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 1996 with a BA Hons in Fine Art Painting. Now based in Dublin, McKinley was awarded the Nissan Art Project in 2007 resulting in his first solo exhibition in the RHA, Dublin. He has exhibited regularly throughout Ireland including solo exhibitions in the Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, 2006 and The Market Place Arts Centre, Armagh, 2003. Recent group exhibitions include 178 RHA Annual Exhibition (Invited Artist) Dublin, 2008, Winter Salon, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin 2008 and Public/Private, The Red Stables, Dublin 2008. Public collections include Nissan Ireland, AIB, OPW, Kildare County Council, private collections in Ireland, UK, & France.
McKinley's previous practice tended to eschew narrative for a more open ended reading of his work. The Red Stables Residency has significantly changed his methodology from a standpoint of implied narrative to one where the narrative (whether experienced, historical or imagined) drives the work. Stories that relate to certain locations both personal and researched are now the starting points for this new work.
McKinley references the historical land agreements of the park's previous owners, and the stories of estranged family members that lived on the then private estate, along with personal life affecting experiences that occurred during the residency and a fantastical imagining of what or who could inhabit these spaces.