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Camille Souter’s 1961 Pale Shapes abstract painting marks the starting point for this collective show featuring 14 leading artists working on the island to varying degrees over the past 50 years, with examples of painting from each consecutive decade right to the present day. The exhibition covers different genres of painting including abstract, figurative, portraiture, landscape, still life and conceptual. Artists featured include Liam Belton, John Brady, Barrie Cooke, Michelle Dovey, Graham Gingles, Richard Gorman, Albert Irvin, Ciaran Lennon, Sean McSweeney, Makiko Nakamura, Gavin O’Curry, Neil Shawcross, Camille Souter and Andrew Vickery.

Talks and presentations as part of the NCAD Gallery exhibition New Ecologies of Practice: A short season of projects by Catalyst Arts [Belfast] / Occupy Space [Limerick] / The Good Hatchery [Offaly] / Basic Space [Dublin] The exhibition runs 9 February – 13 April 2012. Occupy Space Presentations by Aoife Madden, Creative Limerick Coordinator and [...]

The exhibition, The God of Small Things (Part 1), examines the everyday, and the small things and surroundings that deeply affect peoples lives. A number of diverse artworks address the intersection between art and the quotidian in the domestic environment. This exhibition questions the social and cultural associations of domesticity in contemporary society. The everyday, commonplace undercurrent to the exhibition interrogates roles centred around ideas of anthropomorphism, tradition, and reflections on gender. It invites the viewer to question appearances, stereotypes and the social conventions and expectations that one readily associates within this familiar, prosaic landscape.

Niall Dooley creates narratives and visual metaphors which highlight various aspects of contemporary society. Issues such as communication, collectivity and interconnectivity; and the reformation of power structures are addressed in his work.