Current Exhibitions
Undertow
An Ormston House Project - curated by Aideen Barry and Alice Maher presenting the work of 11 Irish and international artists.
Exhibition dates: Preview 2nd February 6pm to 8pm exhibition open until 3rd March 2012
Gimena Blanco | Paul Hallahan | Lisa Marie Johnson | Ali Kirby | Karin Lindholm Veronica Nicholson | Will O’Kane | Padraig Robinson | Kristian Smith | Ruby Wallis Ian Wieczorek
Undertow is that which flows beneath the surface. An undertow is a current that runs counter to, or in hidden parallel with the main current. The world beneath the surface is one of refracted imagery and unseen forces. We think we know what is there but we are not sure of its true form and density. In psychological terms we may fear the undertow because we cannot see it clearly, or we may indeed be attracted to its dangerous depths. What appears readable on the surface may at a deeper level be totally contrary to that reading.
It is with this premise in mind that Aideen Barry and Alice Maher selected the work of 11 artists from the Ormston House membership, carefully orchestrating a conversation with the artists, the space and the very public environment in which these works are presented, they have selected work that ranges from the absurd to the banal, to the comical, to the abject. Areas of alternative, forbidden or unseen lifestyles and practices are key to the curatorial discourse surrounding Undertow and the audiences will be drawn into the counter-current beneath the glassy surfaces of reality. The exhibition travels to the LAB from Ormston House in Limerick. Ormston House is supported by The Arts Council of Ireland, Creative Limerick and Limerick City Council Arts Office.
LEAN, by Fitzgerald & Reilly in the Cube Gallery
Preview 2nd February 6pm to 8pm Exhibition closes Saturday 3rd March
LEAN
A drawing using volume, structure and shadow.
LEAN has been created specifically for the Cube space at the LAB. The scale and content of this work has been dictated by the double height of the CUBE space, which is viewable from outside and in and also from above, three distinct viewpoints. The combination of structure, ambient light and sound, with projected film and fragmented recorded sound allows the opportunity for a narrative to be imagined.
A drawing will be constructed within the space. The materials for this project have been gathered and altered over the past number of months. The Hazel from woods in Wicklow, the sound recordings from various locations in Dublin, and the footage, a selection of studies of light, shadow and movement, recorded in the autumn, as chance permitted.
The work emerges as a series of decisions in response to materials and the space, between the artists, as they gather, manipulate and install. The CUBE is a unique venue for the meeting of these disparate fragments.
This is the third in a series of drawing based collaborations between Mary A. Fitzgerald and Marc Reilly. The first piece Here and There was shown as part of Culture Night, at Independent Studio Artists in 2009, followed by INVISIBLE a group exhibition curated by Margaret O’Brien, John Graham and Oliver Dowling at The Back Loft and eleven venues across Dublin in 2010.
Baby on Board
Come join us for our next Baby on Board event in The LAB on Friday 3rd February 2012 from 11.00am. The morning offers the opportunity to meet other parents for an informal chat and coffee in the gallery space as well as the chance to catch the current exhibition. There's plenty of room for buggies and baby changing facilities.
For more information please contact the Arts Office on Tel: 01222 7843/ 222 7848 or e-mail: sheena.barrett@dublincity.ie
First Thursdays in Dublin
Inspired by First Thursdays carried out in London, First Thursdays Dublin is the name given to cultural spaces opening their doors after hours and offering an extra chance to see art, culture and events in a number of venues between 6 & 8pm on the first Thursday of every month from July onwards.