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Tuesday, 27th March, 2012 / Posted by: Ciara

The Exile’s Return by Kevin McSherry

We're gearing up for the opening tomorrow evening of The Exile's Return, an exhibition of paintings and prints by Kevin McSherry. Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan T.D., will open the exhibition here in The Copper House Gallery.

The works in this exhibition deal with the artist's recurrent theme of cultural disconnection. He relates his narrative-laden paintings, sometimes with humour, other times more darkly, but all his works play with the viewers imagination and wit, stretching both, with his intentionally absurd compositions.

The show runs until 14th April. Admission is free and all are welcome. The opening party starts at 6pm. Hope to see you all there!

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Tuesday, 6th March, 2012 / Posted by: Ciara

Illustrated, as advertised

‘Illustrated, as advertised’ is Steve Simpson’s first solo show since Miss Baker pinned his ‘Birds of the British Isles’ series to the cork board in 3rd class. That exhibition lasted a whole term, you only have a mere 3 weeks to see this one! Steve was the winner of Fire's 2011 ILLUSTRATION at FIRE competition and this exhibition will showcase a selection of recently commissioned and self initiated projects, from a career that spans nearly three decades. The Show opens tomorrow, Wednesday 7th March at 6pm at The Copper House Gallery and all are welcome, so drop by to see some award-winning illustration and find out more about the mysterious Magic Monkey.....

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Friday, 4th November, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Incubated Works by Noilin O’Kelly

'Incubated Works' by Noilin O'Kelly, her forthcoming exhibition in The Monster Truck Galley previews on Friday the 11th of November and runs from 12th of November until the 3rd of December. The exhibition centres around Noilin's grandmother's now abandoned and decaying home, left undisturbed for over 30 years. She has photographed the rooms, the decaying objects housed within and unearthed old family moments long since forgotten.

Noilin had all of her liquid acrylic mounts for 'Incubated Works' produced here in fire. It's an exhibition I'm really looking forward to, having had a sneak preview of some of the work while it was here in fire. The image above is one of my personal favourites. I've been told that this image was probably taken on Kodak Kodachrome film at the time. Which explains the really nice bright colours and tones. Kodak stopped producing the popular Kodachrome film in 2009, Paul Simon even wrote a song about Kodachrome(cover your ears).

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Wednesday, 28th September, 2011 / Posted by: Ciara

Illustration at Fire

Join the creative uprising at Fire, where we are redefining the concept of Art Space, Engagement and Resource. To mark this seismic change, we call on the Illustration Brigade to mobilise and create original work on the theme of Revolution. The time is now!

Illustration At Fire is a competition for Illustrators run by Fire as part of their €150,000 Arts Award. It is open to all Illustrators living or working in Ireland. Everything you need to know about the competition is available in a pdf download from the print section of the Fire website; competition details, entry form and rules. If you have any questions please give us a call or drop us an email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), we are only delighted to answer them for you. Don't forget we are now on Twitter and Facebook so keep up to date and follow us today.

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Wednesday, 14th September, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Prism

Prism is a new online photography magazine promoting the best in contemporary Fine Art Photography from around the world. Darek Fortas, winner of Propeller competition 2011 is one of the photo editors on the magazine. It's definitely worth a look. My favourite artists from their latest issue are Miriam O'Connor and Phyllis Galembo. Can't wait for the next issue!

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Monday, 12th September, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Midas Spaces

When digital art and performance collaborate you get the Midas project. Here's one of their first pieces performed in the Helix Dublin on the 5th of August this year. I think I have watched it six or seven times now, love it!
via: Syntheastwood

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Thursday, 8th September, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

STILL - Abigail O’Brien

Abigail O'Brien will be exhibiting both her New York and Salt Fields series at STILL tonight in The Peppercanister Gallery. Both series explores landscapes of skyscapers and salt fields through the alchemists eyes. The one above called, 'Blue Crystal,' is my personal favourite. Abigail had all of her work printed and liquid acrylic mounted here with us in Fire.

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Thursday, 8th September, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

STILL - Aindréas Scholz

Aindréas Scholz is exhibiting as part of a group of artist at STILL in The Peppercanister Gallery this evening from 5.30pm. Scholz's work blurs the line between reality and fabrication. He use toys and makes models mixing macro photography and post production techniques to create his images. Here's one he had printed with us here in Fire.

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