Joe Coveney
Space2 and Unit H; The Market Studios
exhibition & project space
Opening 6 pm, Fri. 19 Dec, 2008
Exhibition continues until Sun. 21 Dec
Joseph Coveney is an Irish artist, currently based in Dublin. He studied painting at NCAD, and in 2006 qualified with an MA in sculpture from Winchester School of Art, England. Subsequently, he has been working in his studio and developing his role as a facilitator.
Last year he had a successful solo exhibitionin Droichead Arts Centre, and has recently been developing his website and working towards this show.
This exhibition showcases new drawings that take “The Sunrise Ruby” by Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, as a starting point. The work develops in series, establishing a visual language that initiates conversations between the various aspects of the piece. It grows from traditional formal concerns and revisits the works of early modernist abstract painters such as Kandinski, Agnes Martin and Sonia Delaunay.
The title for the show is taken form “Before the Battle” by Siegfried Sassoon. Poetry has a significant influence on the work, specifically looking at its quality of openness and embrace of multiply interpretations. The installation is intended to initiate inquest and ideally provides a point of departure for the viewers’ imagination.
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 or
Claire Behan (Curator) 087 942 7937
Directions to The Market Studios - Turn left onto Mary’s Lane at Slattery’s pub, Capel St. The studios are opposite Dublin City Council fruit market, map available on blog below.
