‘I’ll be your mirror’Brian HegartyAshford gallery Sept 2016
Statement‘My current work appropriates used vinyl record sleeves to create new visual and contextual possibilities derived form their original design intent .This exhibition ‘I’ll be your mirror’ is a response to our
An audio visual exhibition by
Mark Templeton & Kyle Armstrong ( Canada )
30 sept – 14 nov 2015
Droichead Arts Centre
Presented by thirty three – 45
“Rapidly we approach the final phase of the EXTENSIONS of man –
From 2011 to 2014, I co-curated many exhibitions and events with local arts initiative ‘Nexus Arts’.
‘ I see collaboration and my other extra curricular artistic pursuits as a really healthy part to my practice – like most artists i
This touring exhibition, shown both in Droichead Arts Centre and Galway Arts Centre, included six artists who encapsulate these ideas of identity in varying ways. They embrace the figurative traditions of the past and use them as a springboard for
A 12 hour concert with bed-and-breakfast included!An absurd idea? Maybe?A unique experience? Definitely!
2014’s Drogheda Arts Festival saw the Irish premiere of a ‘Sleep Concert’ by Steven Stapleton the legendary avant garde musician best know under his guise as NURSE
‘Insight – Insound’ was a one-day screening of audio-visual art. The event took place in Barlow House, one of the sites of Droichead Arts Centre.
The premise of this exhibition was to showcase the work of artists/ filmmakers in which
A Hunger Blowing Up From The Inland – Drag Acid #3by Wildernish (Conor McMahon)
7 inch Visual zine with a vinyl replica audio CDR hand numbered and presented in a clear sleeve8 Full colour images double-page spreadCover printed 4/0 on
GapFill: More Beauty, More Happiness was a solo exhibition by Alan Magee presented together with Highlanes Gallery. Opened on Culture Night, this show proposed a site-specific installation in The Old Schoolhouse along with some of Magee’s sculptural works.
GapFill: More
A selection of early 20th century popular and cabaret songs with a French and Latin lilt and a mournful air with a dash of reverb and a filter sweep to sprinkle them with a ghostly spirit and a tip of
This came in as an ‘Anonymous’ submission and its pretty amazing. Its a master class in appropriation. A genre hopping mashup of 80’s rock & pop, old movies,samples, novelty records, ads, outsider music,metal riffs, zany voice overs and……. animal
Internationally renowned Italian artist Erica il Cane was brought to Drogheda for the Drogheda Arts Festival to create a large mural that now envelops the outer-walls of the Droichead Arts Centre. The mural was painted over the course of the
This is a break from the previous themed outings and is more of a gratuitous jaunt into all things Dub. Not really being a dub or reggae follower I let the mix take it’s own course and it resulted in
‘THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW…..’
Stefan Riebel’s dedication pieces series consists of a number of textual propositions realized as modest poetic interventions that are at once poignant, ironic and whimsical.These statements presented on windows, in shopping centres,
Concrete Abstractions
Artist Dee Walsh a solo exhibition ‘Concrete Abstractions’ featured a selection of her most recent large scale paintings and drawings and was held in a pop up space on Drogheda’s West street. It was Walsh’s first solo exhibit
‘Steve Reich has for a long time been a major influence on how I listen to music and this result tries to capture the mesmerizing qualities of his sonic tapestries. It contains many examples of the various artists who followed