Images from my work in FUTURES 10 at the RHA
Exhibition view: “First Circle” sculpture, “Confabulation” I-II-III, lambda prints, “Paradiso”, pencil on paper
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Saturday, September 4, 2010
FUTURES 10 at the RHA
Images from my work in Futures 10 at the RHA
Futures 10 continues to October 24th 2010
Galleries 1, 2 & 3
Artists: Oisin Byrne, Rhona Byrne, Fiona Chambers, Niall de Buitlear, Damien Flood, Magnhild Opdøl and Ailbhe Ni Bhriain
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Monday, August 16, 2010
"Turn of Events" at Cork Contemporary Projects
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"Beginning With the End of the Tale" drawings 2009, "A Different Kind of Problem" taxidermy mouse under glass dome 2009
"23rd of December" drawing 2010 "23rd of December-Part Two" sculpture under glass dome 2010
"Turn of Events" drawing 2010, "Turn of Events-Part Two" sculpture 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
"Turn Of Events"
Not Yet Titled, pencil on paper, 2010
Cork Contemporary Project Space is delighted to announce its last exhibition in its current space. ‘Turn of Events’ is a solo exhibition by Norwegian born, Dublin based artist Magnhild Opdøl. It is curated by Galway Arts Centre’s Visual Arts Officer Maeve Mulrennan. ‘Turn of events’ opens at 6pm on Wednesday 11th august in The Space, Top Floor, 7 South Mall, cork city. The exhibition runs until Friday 20th august. For directions & opening hours please refer to http://www.corkcontemporaryprojects.com/
The main body of Magnhild Opdøl’s recent work is an investigation into the nature of death. Everything has its’ time: after death all that remains is documentation or the memory of the person, the place or object. This new series of works deals with the idea of the end as the beginning, giving a new lineage to the images and objects that are created, where the past stops a new story begins.
For the artist, pencil and paper is a pure and poetic way to approach new matters, allowing her to get close to the subjects that she is working with. All of her work can be seen as a form of drawing, from sculptures to works on walls. The other work in taxidermy allows Opdøl to bring back once dead animals to life by placing them in a new light, giving them a new tale to tell in their sculptural form. Behind every sculptural piece there is a personal history, they are things the artist has grown up with, cared for and lived with. Dead things intrigue Opdøl, not the act of death but the object before and after the fact. There is an inherent beauty contained in something so sad and dark in death. Opdøl wishes to capture the essence of this beauty in her work. In John Hutchinson’s book ‘The Bridge’ (2008) he describes beauty as
“(It is) deeper, clearer, and more substantial. Beauty is normally only revelled by an attitude of detachment and affectionate attention. It is not inherent in an object, nor is it projected. Beauty lies in oneness, shared by the maker, the object, and the viewer.”p8
As the artist gets further away from her home in rural Norway, she perceives things about the country and its culture more objectively, and the Scandinavian sense of humour seeps into her work. Some pieces aim to make you smile at first but there is a twist in the tail before the ‘truth’ is revealed.
Magnhild Opdøl holds a BA and an MFA (Painting) from NCAD. She has exhibited extensively in Scandinavia and Ireland, in both group and solo projects. Her next exhibitions include a group exhibition in the RHA and a solo exhibition in Galway Arts Centre.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Something tells me it's all happening at the zoo
Images from "Something tells me it's all happening at the zoo" Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, curated by Davey Moor. All photographs courtesy the gallery.
The exhibition runs until 27th August 2010.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Upcoming Exhibition
Above, clockwise from top left:
Jonathan Mayhew, otto the otter sings bonnie prince billy, pencil on paper, 2009
Vanessa Donoso López, Untitled, mixed media, 2010
Magnhild Opdøl, Out on a Limb, taxidermied great tit on bronze branch, 2010
Lucy Sheridan, Bernard, oil & acrylic on canvas, 2010
Bennie Reilly, Healing Sweet Lips, oil on canvas, 2010
Geraldine O'Neill, Flora & Fauna, oil on canvas, 2010
Gabhann Dunne, Jumping the Tillim, oil on canvas, 2010
Marcel Vidal, Run Rabbit Run, oil on canvas, 2010
Centre:
Anne Kelly, The Wanderer, watercolour and pencil on fabriano, 2010
KEVIN KAVANAGH GALLERY
Chancery Lane / Dublin 8 / Ireland
t.+353(0)1 475 9514 / kevinkavanaghgallery.ie
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