THE SMALL Art Works’ exhibition opened doors this month at CB1 O’Connell Street, with LSAD’s Aine NicGiolla Coda officiating for the select group. It brings together artists from various parts, three of these based locally: Gavin Hogg, Sheila Richardson and Nuala O’Sullivan. The Thurles man is PJ O’Connell, Dermot Browne is working out of Cork and CJ at lower Manhattan, New York.
There’s a talk at 1pm this Saturday 28, last day of SAW, by Hogg who is show organiser; free to all. “[It] will be largely focused on the different materials and techniques used by the individual artists and what qualities such materials and their manner of use might express – as opposed to just talking about the content or pictorial nature of the work, but that will also figure.
“And of course observations and questions from the audience will be welcome and I would expect the talk to last about 40 to 50 minutes depending on interaction”.
Of this exhibition, Hogg makes the observation that it “intentionally presents a selection of small scale works of art, the largest unframed dimension of any piece in the show being 45cm. The idea is to give each artist the opportunity to show several works and for the works themselves to be affordable and fit easily into a domestic setting”.
He is hoping to connect the “average viewer” with contemporary art and its different working methods as much as subject matter.
View until this Saturday 28 daily from noon to 6pm. CB1 O’Connell Street is beside USIT travel agent.
Photos from opening night to Small Art Works:
