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A three day exhibition

at Project Space, Unit H, Dublin 7

Reception: Friday 27th November 6 – 9pm

Open 27th – 29th November

12 – 9pm Friday, 12 – 5pm Saturday and Sunday

Curated by Ailve McCormack

The early 20th Century poet Paul Valéry once said that “there is no true meaning of a text”. In the intimate setting of the Project Space at The Market Studios, the work of three contemporary artists will show that his belief can certainly be applied to art in the 21st Century.

The work of Irish artists Mark Garry, Deborah Smith and Polish artist Katarzyna Gajewska, leaves the viewer with a sense of ambiguity and invites interpretation within a contemplative space.

The potential for this reflective environment is produced by the engaging, yet unexplained, content of the art. The exhibition’s small setting is also central in creating an atmosphere of personal contemplation and interpretation.

Mark Garry exhibited in ‘Frequency’ earlier this year at the Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane and has also exhibited at the RHA. With his work Mark is “interested in creating ethereal relationships where the opportunity is present to bring one’s own associations and connections to bear on the elements that are presented.”

Katarzyna Gajewska moved to Ireland in 2005 and has been working here since. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout Ireland and Poland. She aims not to present aesthetically beautiful pieces but to generate some personal meaning for each viewer. Her work often evokes a sense of uncertainty and can produce contrasting emotions in different people.

Deborah Smith is an up-and-coming artist who is currently in her final year at Dun Laoghaire’s Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT). Her work focuses on particular moments that we often let pass us unawares and she presents them in a way that allows us a moment of reflection.

Ailve McCormack is currently studying for a Masters in Visual Arts Practices in IADT and is concentrating her studies on curatorial practice.

For more information please contact Ailve McCormack.                   E: ailvemccormack@gmail.com T: 087 9760240

There is No True Meaning of Art
Project Space
Unit H, The Market Studios,
Corner of Halston Street and Mary’s Lane
(off Capel Street)
Dublin 7

the white harvest

6.30 – 9.30pm, Fri 18 September, 2009

A one-night event at, Unit H, The Market Studios

The event and wine reception begins at 6.30pm with repeat screenings until 9.30pm. All are welcome.

the white harvest is a collaboration between visual artist Ian-John Coughlan and writer Matthew Stocker. A story told via installation, it comprises a series of projected images coupled with a confession made in the form of a message on an answering machine. Inspired by the literary works of Jorge Luis Borges and Carlos Maria Dominguez, to name but a few, it is a tale of preservation through destruction as one man destroys all he holds dear in an effort to ensure the survival of the written word.

Ian-John Coughlan lives and works as an artist, currently based in Dublin. He graduated from National College of Art & Design, Dublin, in 2005 with a Master’s Degree in Fine Art. His work has been exhibited in Ireland, most recently with the Monstertruck and Plane/Site galleries, and internationally and has been purchased for the Irish State Art Collection.

He works in various media, using video, photography, performance and works on paper. His work is concerned primarily with the tradition of the Erasure and the concepts of additive subtraction and state-change.

Matthew Stocker lives under the kitchen table and will tell stories for food.

DIRECTIONS TO VENUE (located off Capel St.)
Follow this link for a map to the venue:

This exhibition space is an initiative of The Market Studios. As a new exhibition & project space it is dedicated to introducing work by international artists as well as providing a platform for a variety of events from a dynamic network of Irish, visual art practitioners. The Market Studios is an independent not-for-profit workspace, established in December 2007 by curator/ artists, Claire Behan, Deirdre Morrissey and artist Monica Flynn.  Located in the heart of the markets area, just off Capel St, the studios provide workspace for 23 artists.

Further information from:
Unit H, The Market Studios, Corner Mary’s Lane & Halston St, Dublin 7

E: themarketstudios(at)gmail(dot)com

M: Deirdre Morrissey (Curator) 086 1783602
Claire Behan (Curator) 087 942 7937

Opens: Friday, Sept. 11, 6-9pm (Music by DJ Caroline)

Continues: Sat 12  - Sat 19 Sept. (10am – 6pm)

‘Perhaps true, total photography is a pile of fragments of private
images, against the creased background of massacres and coronations.’
Italo Calvino (The adventure of a Photographer) 1958.

The title of this exhibition ‘Mere Coincidence?’ refers to how meaning is constructed in the context of Art practice, how ambiguous narratives become solid forms and how ‘mistakes are the portals of discovery’ (James Joyce). The exhibition opens on September 11th and includes a work which specifically references the mediation of the
9/11 disaster. The front page of the New York Times from the day after 9/11 is sampled and re-configured with personal photographs, replacing the spectacular with the subjective as a narrative about individual personal experience of the event in terms of memory.

Using the motif of a vandal ‘keying’ a car this classic, minimal graffiti mark is referenced, deconstructed and re-constructed throughout the show in a series of works which explore the context of public space (the street) combining photography, screen-print and spray-paint.

The exhibition culminates in a newly created public space which Friel has renovated and produced using found materials from the local Market area. Installing seating and a DJ facility this out-door roof-space has been re-purposed as a club (social space) called ‘Mere Coincidence?’ for the opening night and the music will be provided by DJ Caroline (found tunes and electro\market beats re-mixed for your dancing pleasure).

Fintan Friel graduated from The University of Ulster in Belfast in 1992 with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art and his casual and mundane relationship with graffiti has grown out of living and working in New York and Melbourne. He has been resident in The Market Studios since July ‘08 and previous exhibitions include ‘Rhythm-a-Ning’ which was commissioned by Context Gallery (Derry).
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DIRECTIONS TO VENUE (located off Capel St.)
Follow this link for a map to the venue:

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FINTAN FRIEL
tel: 085.140.4215
e-mail: fintan.friel@gmail.com
www.anyminutenow.com

This exhibition space is an initiative of The Market Studios. As a new exhibition & project space it is dedicated to introducing work by international artists as well as providing a platform for a variety of events from a dynamic network of Irish, visual art practitioners. The Market Studios is an independent not-for-profit workspace, established in December 2007 by curator/ artists, Claire Behan, Deirdre Morrissey and artist Monica Flynn.  Located in the heart of the markets area, just off Capel St, the studios provide workspace for 23 artists.

Further information from:
Unit H, The Market Studios, Corner Mary’s Lane & Halston St, Dublin 7

E: themarketstudios(at)gmail(dot)com

M: Deirdre Morrissey (Curator) 086 1783602
Claire Behan (Curator) 087 942 7937

A project by Séamus Bradley

Live performance 6-9pm Thurs 27th August

Icarus Crane is a character / project name invented days before the exhibition of his first piece The Forger Of The String Between The Starry Heavens Above And The Moral Law Within; an interactive, projection-based performance installation.

Please to enjoy the exhibition as designed for the pleasure participation welcome is a continuation of research into the working of the human mind, how its functions and malfunctions can be reflected in image, sound and text with a focus on non-linear, durational narrative elements.

This installation of sound, text and drawing concerns itself with the relationship between reality and fantasy in the individual mind. It uses a combination of language and image drawn from sources ranging from factual texts to automatic drawing to surrealism. It touches on subjects such as Northern European art history, the biological function of sleep, the worship of dead heroes and romantic obsession.

An online presentation of interactive, digital drawings designed in anticipation of the exhibition can be found athttp://pleasetoenjoytheexhibition.blogspot.com:

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For more information on the artist, please visit: http://aroomforimprovement.com

Icarus Crane is an artist initiated event, which is part of
The Market Studio’s summer programme.

The Market Studios, Cnr Mary’s Lane & Halston St, Dublin 7
00353 (0)87 067 1009
aineivers(at)hotmail.com

I Made This For You

Opening 6-8pm Thursday 13 August

Runs Fri 14 – Sun 16 August, 2-7 pm

Milada Bacik, Joanne Boyle, Vivienne Byrne, Ciara Grant, Niamh Heery, and Helen Horgan, present their personal investigations into how a sense of reason, and equally how desire, impacts on the world that we create.

The Market Studios, Corner of Mary’s Lane and Halston St,

Dublin 7, Ireland.

Contact: Áine 087 0671009 / themarketstudios@gmail.com