Matt Cullen

A common thread in my current practice is a fascination with the notion of infinity and a particular interest in creating unusual perspectives, using mainly geometrical forms. This is achieved by using “dots” to symbolize particles of matter that cannot be seen with the naked eye. The purpose of the “dots” is to metaphorically represent particles of matter as they float through space, intersect and cross one another.

The geometrical forms are also a metaphor for human life, where some forms appear delicate and almost invisible, in contrast to the clearly visible, strong and solid forms that surround them.

Bernadette Clarke

My work is an analysis of the way in which aesthetic and symbolic identity is entwined in objects. These characteristics are inherent inside these inanimate items, which give distinctive individuality to the bearer.

Angela McAndrew

Abandoned Greenhouse


Without the element of intimacy and uniqueness found in ‘left over
spaces’, cities globally would lose their character and become
homogenous without the trace of human interaction[1]

My practice demonstrates an awareness of ‘left over spaces’ that surrounds us everywhere but are easily by-passed. My concept of ‘left over spaces’ are spaces which are unplanned, transitional and in-between or that has been left through circumstances. These spaces hold our imagination and allow one to dream. Writers that describe space poetically inform my practice, such as Gaston Bachelard, Poetics of Space. I am interested in how one comes to know their surroundings through the layering of time, history and space and I have a particular interest in spaces that are left to their own devices where nature reclaims.


[1] Thesis Statement, 2009



http://angimcandrew.wordpress.com/

Inside-Out

Artist involved are graduate art students from IADT and DIT:
Angela McAndrew
Bernadette Clarke
Eithne Roberts
Matt Cullen

Drawing, Painting, Photography and installation