Installation

Exhibition images

The Market Studios, Smithfield, Dublin 7

Opening Night

Eithne Roberts

This body of work was motivated by a selection of garments I have collected over the years from different eras, vintage, antique and contemporary clothing. I find these items fascinating as they are imprinted with the memories of anonymous people who once wore them, yet used by me as the catalyst for a narrative and memories of my own making.

Predominantly this work is images of young girls, although the identity of the image is ambiguous and often shrouded in mystery and darkness.

In my practice I work primarily with paint although I sometimes explore sculpture. The process of painting is important to me. The layering of paint allows accidental elements of chance to be revealed in the images, with the unknown coming into play.

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.