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Golden Thread Gallery: this then, Locky Morris - 13 Aug 2010 to 18 Sept 2010 Current Exhibition |
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this then Locky Morris 13th August - 18th September 2010 The Golden Thread Gallery invites you to attend the launch of this then between 6pm and 8pm on Friday 13th August 2010. this then is an exhibition of works by Derry-based artist Locky Morris. The exhibition is a collaborative venture between the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast and the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny that sets out to examine aspects of the underlying themes and formal motifs in Morris�s practice during a period spanning three decades. The launch will also mark the publication of this then: a book comprising of two distinct sections. The first section has been developed in parallel to the curation of the exhibitions through a discursive process with the artist in an attempt to explore a set of dialogues within the works. The second section of the book features an insightful introduction by John M. Cunningham, curator at the Regional Cultural Centre, and a specially commissioned essay by Chris Clarke. We hope that you will be able to join with us to celebrate the launch of a unique exhibition and book project at Northern Ireland�s leading international contemporary art gallery. this then runs from the 13th of August until the 18th of September 2010 Departure Project Space 5th � 21st August 2010 The Golden Thread Gallery proudly presents On Departure, an exhibition drawn from the most innovative and exciting emerging artists from this summer�s graduate exhibitions at the University of Ulster, the Dublin Institute of Technology, and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. Co-curated by Sarah McAvera and Ben Crothers, and featuring works by Rebecca McNaughton, Linda Monks, Laura-Ann Morgan, Shaleen Temple and Chanelle Walshe, On Departure showcases an eclectic body of work by a select group of promising individuals about to embark upon their careers in the art world. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Rebecca McNaughton received her BA (Hons) in Fine Art from the Dublin Institute of Technology in 2010. In her primarily installation-based work, McNaughton works with photography, print and found objects to explore the theme of life in contemporary cities. Concerned with the concept of futurology, McNaughton studied the predictions of filmmakers, writers and designers from the 1950s to the 1980s as to what the cities of 2010 would be like. The empty shells of half-built apartment blocks and the grand designs of urban planners left unfinished which we see today highlight the unrealised potential of these undelivered cityscapes. Linda Monks completed her MFA at the University of Ulster in 2010, and has recently been awarded a six month residency at Platform Arts. She strives to create art which amuses both herself and others, drawing inspiration from film, television, comic books, and the comedic moments of everyday life. Working in a range of media, from drawing and photography to video work involving puppets and stop-motion animation, Monks has created a playful body of work, which is charming in its simplicity, but not without gravitas. In her artistic practice, Laura-Ann Morgan uses performance, photography and video to question our understanding of the body and its environment, exploring the boundaries between the physical body and the body of a space. She is intrigued by the rules and rituals placed within a given space, and makes work in response to the space in which she finds herself. Belfast-based Morgan completed her MFA at the University of Ulster in 2010. Born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1987, Shaleen Temple moved to Northern Ireland at the age of thirteen with her mother and siblings. She received a BA (Hons) in Photography from the University of Ulster in 2010, and through her work explores themes surrounding South African lifestyle. In the Boys and Girls series, Temple photographs black South African maids and gardeners in their white employers� homes, examining the changes South Africa has undergone since the end of the Apartheid, specifically the relationship between the workers and their white employers, a relationship which Temple herself experienced as a child. Dublin-based Chanelle Walshe completed her BA in Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin in 2010. Working with text, photography and drawing, Walshe�s work is highly personal, but it is through its specificity that the work confronts universal concerns of identity and the self. Her body of work communicates something of the resistance to the explanation of the self, and the anxiety which can be experienced as a result of attempting self-definition. Carnival Mashups Sara Greavu Project Space 2nd - 21st September 2010 This new set of video and photographic works by Sara Greavu considers the Halloween carnival in Derry as a crack in the foundation of everyday society. Through this fissure erupt alternative histories, temporalities and narratives. The costumed chaos of the masquerade reveals as much as it conceals, providing a distorted lens through which to view the complex fears, desires, loyalties and longings of a 'post-conflict' society. About the Artist Sara Greavu is an artist and curator who lives and works in Derry. She received her MFA from the University of Ulster in 2006 and is currently completing a practice-based PhD at U.U. entitled Unmasking the Halloween Carnival in Derry: Identity, Temporality, Politics and Polyvocality. She uses video, photography, sound and sculpture in her practice. She is a founding member of Void gallery (Derry) and former chair of the board of directors. She is also a member of Void's curating committee. Recent curatorial credits include Jeremy Deller's Local Artist. Sara Greavu will be at the London Art Fair in January 2011. Opening Hours: Tuesday � Friday 10.30am - 5.30.pm & Saturday 10.30am � 4.00pm Tel. +44(0)28 9033 0920 E. [email protected] W. www.goldenthreadgallery.co.uk |
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