Linda Quinlan
dal 14/10/2007 al 21/12/2007
Segnalato da
14/10/2007
Linda Quinlan
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Like horses and fog. Standing Outside History. Quinlan's installations create compelling narratives that travel rapidly back and forth from the mundane to the marvellous: exploring; collecting; avidly pursuing paths beyond the everyday.
Like horses and fog
Quinlan's installations create compelling narratives that travel
rapidly back and forth
from the mundane to the marvellous: exploring; collecting; avidly
pursuing paths beyond the everyday. One journey that proved crucial to
the development of Quinlan's current body of work was a recent
residency in Tasmania. Observations and enquiries made during this
time prompted such undertakings as the recreation of the event of the
'never seen' comet, this linking also to scientific enterprise which
seeks to trap cosmic neutrinos, while also considering the mysterious
case of the thylacine, a wilderness animal hunted into extinction by
settlers, but one that remains an enduring focus as sightings continue
to be reported.
A publication accompanying this exhibition will be launched in
December. Texts include
an essay by writer and critic Sally O'Reilly, a narrative by musician
Cathal Coughlan, and a fictional conversation between the artist and
Dr. Eric Guiller. Quinlan has also invited four artists and the
publication's designer to respond to a watercolour painting found at
an antique shop in Hobart. This project will be created specifically
for presentation within the publication. Contributors to this project
include Anna Barham (UK), David Joyce (IRL), Lorna McIntyre (UK),
Giles Round (UK), and Lee Welch (IRL).
Linda Quinlan is an artist based in Dublin. Exhibitions in 2007
include a group exhibition
at the Douglas Hyde Galley, the new acquisitions exhibition at the
Irish Modern Museum of Art, and an exhibition at the Long Gallery,
Tasmania. She is currently on a three-year residency in Temple Bar
Gallery & Studios and a member of the board. She is a part-time
lecturer in Fine Art at The Dublin Institute of Technology. Her work
is in the collection of IMMA and The Irish Arts Council.
Opening Monday 15 October at 6pm
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery
Emmet Place - Cork
Gallery opening hours Mon – Sat 10.00am – 5.00pm
Free admission