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Admiration Hyperbolique + Touchstone

Until 22nd August @ Quadrangle Gallery

Two Exhibitions by Fionnuala Quinn. 

Hyperbole is common to love poetry when an admirer shows intense admiration for another. My ADMIRATION HYPERBOLIQUE is not for the museum itself, but for the luxury of time, space and specimens of geological material entrusted to me to make work in this place, without script or rule.

TOUCHSTONE is a series of responses to the search for solace in our cities. Our profound dependence on all of the materials of the earth may be forgotten when noisy human stories, of feuds and petty detail consistently play centre stage. Mineral pigment, water, paper and wood have been pushed and manipulated to form paintings about living in a restless zone. Respite from daily clock time, however brief, is sought so that the weight of the past can be shed as it tumbles down to join the traces of history retained in the bricks and mortar of the old city

Love, Rage & Solidarity

Until 29th June @ Galway Arts Centre 

Love, Rage & Solidarity is a solo exhibition by Treasa O’Brien, featuring a selection of works spanning her practice as an artist and filmmaker that focus on cultures and communities of resistance. Using documentary and narrative forms, essay film, sci-fi, and DIY tactics, O’Brien investigates the potential of video and filmmaking as both an artist and an activist. The works explore (de)colonialism, social politics, climate change and migration, with an intersectional, queer, and feminist approach. Many of the works explore their own making as part of the work and challenge ideas of authorship and collaboration.

It’s All a Bit of Fun

Until 22nd June @  Outset Gallery

Fresh from winning the 2024 Outset Showcase Award at OXO last November, performative photographer Niamh Swanton continues her exploration of vulnerability and humour as emotional catharsis in ‘It’s All a Bit of Fun (Until Somebody Gets Hurt) – a title that reads like a warning, or maybe a memory. Drawing on attachment theory and dream symbolism, this new series considers how small experiences—often dismissed—can linger, mutate and become culturally encoded