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Gerard Byrne exhibits New Sexual Lifestyles as part of Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art at the Green Room, the inaugural event of a long-term CCS Bard research project on "the documentary" that will include a large-scale exhibition in the CCS Galleries and Hessel Museum of Art, as well as related screenings and discussions throughout the year. For further information please contact Jerome O Drisceoil or Mary Cremin. Green On Red Gallery, 26-28 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2.T 6713414 or E info@greenonredgallery.com

Three well known Cork doctors who like to indulge a passion for painting in their spare time. The aim of the Jennings Gallery is to promote and support a wider appreciation of and involvement in the visual arts in UCC, and to show that non-professional artists whose primary career path is not in art, have a valuable contribution to make in their second field of choice. The title of the exhibition reflects the French expression, le violon d’Ingres, after the French painter, Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres (1780-1867) whose other great love was playing the violin. Art will be accepted by the Jennings Gallery from students, staff and alumni of the College of Medicine and Health as well as professionals working in the health services. Work will also be accepted from other artists or art groups whose paintings provide “education and insight into human health and wholeness.” For further information please contact: Marie McSweeney, Press Officer, University College Cork (T) 021 4902371; (086) 0845182.

This show presents a new roughness (used advisedly) in Feehily’s practice, that these strange works are made by hand is not hidden, rather it seems to be relished by the artist. Feehily’s casual precision is explored by Declan Long in his text for the accompanying catalogue to Makeshifts and Endpapers, the artist’s recent Kunstverein show in Germany: “He self-consciously combines painterly diligence, intelligence and sophistication with an astute insouciance, the result of which is a compellingly scrupulous imperfection: formal rigour meeting playful, chaotic looseness; intensive, elegant abstraction merging with cryptic, ingeniously disruptive elements of representation.” Feehily’s paintings offer a consciously visual and at the same time haptic experience that resists categorization, one that he has expressed a certain reticence to over-explain.Yet we can recognise through the work certain concerns both new and returned to, air and mass, lightness and gravity, a sense of aspiration and the friction between the intuitive and the ordered, with all their inherent paradoxes. Feehily’s work, not unlike the story by Borges (or any story by Borges) loops back to the same concerns time and time again, yet through this recurring examination expands to allow ever more of the world into the work. Recent solo exhibitions include the aforementioned Makeshifts and Endpapers, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, 2008, Small Inventories, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, A Darker Definition, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Late Eighty-Six, The Return at the Goethe Institut, Dublin, all 2007. Group exhibitions include Here’s Why Pattern’s, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Zu Gemeinschaften, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart,2008, The Show’s So Nice, Monya Rowe, New York and (I’m Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear: New Acquisitions, Irish Museum of Modern Art both 2007. www.greenonredgallery.com 01 6713414

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Liam O'Callaghan's work is about possibilities; an attempted manifestation of the importance of freedom. Examining the multi meanings of seemingly ordinary objects, he engages in the transcendence of function."made to make do" looks at and creates moments of human experience - optimism, dependence, fragility, joy, loss, personal freedom and the necessity and failure of idealism. O'Callaghan seeks to inspire the viewer and himself both emotionally and intellectually, but also aims to challenge us to re-access our habitual responses.My work comes from the need to make pieces that are more of a free flow of creativity, focusing on the physical pleasure of making, something that is rough in aesthetic, where you can see the thinking of its maker, something that is freer from the limitations I put on myself, that is simple in thought, but unashamed, confident and honest. Liam OCallaghan. Liam O'Callaghan (born 1968 Ireland) is based in Dublin. His first solo show in 1996 was The Good Room, at Belltable Arts Centre and City Arts Centre. He has presented further solo projects at Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (2006); Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland. This will be his first solo project with Rubicon Gallery. His work has been part of group exhibitions such as Walls and Gateways, curated by Lara Pan, Existentie/New Art Project, Ghent Belgium and Eurojet Futures an Anthology, R.H.A, Dublin, Ireland along with the I am always touched by your presence (new acquisitions) exhibition at Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin and numerous International Art Fairs with Rubicon Gallery. His work is represented in the Irish Museum of Modern Art Collection and the Arts Council collection. www.rubicongallery.ie 670 8055

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"History Acts” aims to serve as intermediary in conducting an overall examination of history, doing so by study of accounts based on documents, artefacts, and fiction. The exhibition does not attempt to treat history as a uniform concept but rather as a multitude of reports dealing with past time and examining how far it is possible – from the evidence they give – to predict anything about the future. The exhibition’s aim is to present works of art all of which illustrate a kind of archaeological approach, an in-depth examination of a single site, event or the memories of a single individual. All the artworks on show have their roots in a social reality, even if that specific reality may very well be itself a fiction or construct." For further information please contact Jerome O Drisceoil or Mary Cremin at Green On Red Gallery, 26-28 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2. 6713414 or E info@greenonredgallery.com

Diana Copperwhite’s paintings relate strongly to memory. How we see, how we remember and how we know are themes that she constantly explores. She draws on multiple memories in many of her works, intertwining and layering them which in turn merge with the viewer’s triggered memories and associations. She says ‘I constantly layer and change tone, the atmosphere, and colour to try and catch a moment that seems to occur to me in an unconnected instance from another dimension where reality, memory and fantasy collide’. She paints from sources that are deeply personal, from scientific and technological references and from images from the mass media. She physically constructs her paintings through building the surface up in layers, painting over images, obliterating images and repeatedly working the surface of the canvas. Her colour pallet is distinctive – she is interested in light and how light can change physically, for example when it is refracted and dispersed through a prism. She says ‘the tone of my paintings in general is lyrical and soft, drifting off but suddenly pulled back by a sharp mark - a wakeup call. I like to play with lighting, the glow of colour and its ability to create a slightly unreal dreamlike quality. I enjoy the searching quality of the process and its ability to embody chance elements, the logic of space and how objects can be played with metaphorically within painting. The process of looking and making determines the outcome’. Her drawings are ‘an endless visual diary of sketches, objects, photographs and montages combined to create a labyrinth of lateral associations’ and in this exhibition she is exploring how to combine these using the format of a film. The show will be opened by Dr Frances Ruane, AIB Art Adviser, Saturday 25 October 2008 at 3.00pm. Diana Copperwhite will give an Artist’s Talk in the Gallery at 2.30pm prior to the opening. info@westcorkartscentre.com tel: 28 22090

Vanessa is quickly establishing herself as an artist to watch. She has previously had a solo show in the Ashford Gallery with much critical success and has shown in IMMA, at Art Fairs in Dublin London and New York and many shows throughout Ireland, the U.K, Spain and France. Working in so many various disciplines gives her work a varied dynamic as her work covers painting, drawing, sculpture and installation. For her solo show in Stone Gallery she will transform the space with paneled walls and specially printed wallpaper, turning the gallery into a kind of domestic space in which her multi-media work can be fully appreciated. Vanessa is a very exciting innovative artist, whose profile is rapidly rising.

Exhibition will be opened by Mike Soden Thursday 6th November 6-8pm 2008

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Tinka Bechert received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours at Sligo Institute of Technology in 2003 and embarked upon an impressive variety of residencies in Ireland, Canada and Germany. She has had many solo exhibitions in her career to date; these include galleries in Canada, Brazil, Germany, and Sligo. Recognition for Tinka’s work includes awards granted by the Irish Arts Council at Leighton Studios, Canada, South Tipperary Arts Centre and many more. ‘Pictures From the Past, Of the Future and For the Present’, is how Tinka has described this intriguing collection. Eoin O’Connor graduated from the National College of Art and Design with first class honours in 2003. He was selected for the Lassallian International Art Culture Centre scholarship programme in Florence, Italy in 2002 and was the joint winner of the CAP Foundation Award in 2003. He has been described by Aidan Dunne, art critic for the Irish Times as “a seriously promising painter”. He has exhibited in numerous shows including Hillsboro Fine Art, The Ashford Gallery, Boyle Arts Festival, Kilkenny Art Festival, the RHA Annual Exhibition 2007 and the Iontas SmallWorks Exhibition, Sligo. Clodagh2@ireland.com www.tramyardgallery.ie 01 2351346

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The National Gallery of Ireland presents an exhibition on one of the treasures of Northern European art – Finnish painting and printmaking of the turn of the nineteenth century. Celebrating the highpoint of Finnish art, when the country was still a Grand Duchy of Russia, the exhibition will feature some 75 works which show a mix of native influences with international styles. Finnish landscape painting will be represented by, among others, Eero Järnefelt (1863-1937), and Väinö Blomstedt (1871-1947), who captured the country’s distinctive forests, lakes and rivers in a uniquely heroic and symbolic manner. The exhibition will demonstrate how artists depicted legends and myths, with a particular emphasis on the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. It will also present an overview of the various trends of early twentieth-century Modernism in Finland, including works from the Septem Group and the November Group. The exhibition is organised in collaboration with the Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki. www.nationalgallery.ie (0)1 661 5133

Karl Burke is the recipient of the second annual Emerging Visual Artist Award, a partnership initiative between the Arts Council, Wexford Arts Centre and Wexford County Council. The initiative is aimed at recognising and supporting the development of committed emerging artists with a monetary award and a solo exhibition at Wexford Arts Centre. Karl Burke’s practice is primarily concerned with how three dimensional space is perceived and consists of three dimensional installations, built structures, sound, video and photographs. A recent body of work entitled Wooden Drawings involves the placement of uniform lengths of processes wood in various forms in a particular environment. Through these three dimensional interventions and structures, Burke endeavors to form a physical and emotive relationship between the art object, space/place and, in particular, the viewer. It is the artist's intention to subtly cause the viewer to take account of his/her surroundings, natural or architectural. This exhibition will consist of a number of three dimensional installations and build structures made in County Wexford throughout 2008. www.wexfordartscentre.ie 053 9123764

Orla Bates work is primarily concerned with landscape and her inspiration ranges from the local sombre Irish landscape as well as places the artist has visited through travelling. She employs a vocabulary of simplified forms, lines and a palette of muted colours. The landscapes are pared down as the artist endeavors to emphasize her own subjective experience of a place. The process of printmaking offers the artist endless possibilities in mark-making and the unique properties of printmaking are a constant source of inspiration for development of the work. Bates is interested in using immediate and direct printing methods such as dry point, collograph and monoprinting and combines these techniques in each print. www.wexfordartscentre.ie 053 9123764

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Born in Dublin in 1740, Hugh Douglas Hamilton is acknowledged as one of the most accomplished portraitists of his generation. His exquisitely delicate portrait ovals in pastel made his name in Dublin. Hamilton later moved to London where the fashionable set flocked to have their likeness recorded by the gregarious young artist. Being ambitious, Hamilton travelled to Italy where he made portraits of wealthy English and Irish travellers on their obligatory ‘grand tour’. During his years in Italy he cultivated lasting friendships with prominent artists in Rome including the sculptor Antonio Canova. It was during this period in Italy that Hamilton began to paint in oils and his work became bolder in style and scale. This exhibition celebrates his long and varied career with works drawn from the Gallery’s collection together with loans from public and private collections, featuring full length portraits, magnificent allegorical paintings, albums, prints, and his trademark oval pastel portraits. www.nationalgallery.ie (0)1 661 5133

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This year’s Christmas exhibition presents applied artwork by Dutch and English makers alongside those from Ireland. Selected by Mary Gallagher, the show will feature work in a number of media, including ceramics, jewellery, glass, textiles, metal and wood. The selected artists are Roger Bennett (wood), Denis Kenny (rugs), Rebecca Gouldson (metal), Rachel McKnight (jewellery), Liz Nilsson and Beth Moran (textiles) Elaine & Lyndsey McGonigle (glass & jewellery), Christine Hughes (lighting), Ines de Booij, Caroline Dolan, Bernadette Doolan, Bridget Drakeford, Simone Haak, Jennifer Hall, Etain Hickey & Jim Turner, Sun Kim, Sinéad Lough, Karen Morgan and Mandy Parslow (ceramics). www.wexfordartscentre.ie 053 9123764