Lygia Pape

Interesting sculpture, drawings, paintings and video work from the late Brazilian Artist Lygia Pape (1927-2004).  I saw the Lygia Pape exhibition ‘Magnetized Space‘ at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park London last Friday.  First time at the gallery unfortunately the Zumthor pavilion was long gone.

‘My concern is always invention. I always want to invent a new language that’s different for me and for others, too… I want to discover new things. Because, to me, art is a way of knowing the world… to see how the world is… of getting to know the world’. Lygia Pape

The exhibition was organised by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in collaboration with Projeto Lygia Pape and the Serpentine Gallery.

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Kevin Cosgrove

Skillfully understated paintings from Irish born Artist Kevin Cosgrove.

 “Cosgrove sees himself as craftsman, or artisan, and accordingly his art is superbly constructed and carefully articulated. His relatively traditional upbringing in a mining community in the central heartlands of Ireland has instilled a strong sense of survival, craft and industry into his skilfully austere and muted canvases of under-populated workplaces: factories, workshops, industrial yards and offices..” artnews.org

Kevin Cosgrove is represented by Mother’s Tankstation in Dublin and is exhibiting his work along with Mairead O’hEocha and Ian Burns at the Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Santa Monica from the 19th to the 22nd of January 2012.

www.motherstankstation.com

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The Joy of Books

Great stop motion video for ‘Type’ Book shop in Toronto by Sean Ohlenkamp and Lisa Ohlenkamp.

via www.Broadsheet.ie

Gaetan Billault

Some really nice work from French Born London based graphic designer and Illustrator Gaetan Billault.

“His work strives to create a natural bond between diverse disciplines, including illustration, graphic design, animation and crafts.”

Gaetan Billault’s work is currently on show at the FTLO exhibition at Gallery One Dublin.

www.gaetan-billault.com

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For The Love Of Progress

Great group exhibition currently on at ‘Gallery Number One’, 1 Castle Street, Dublin 2 
entitled “FTLO Progress”
.  The Exhibition runs until mid January 2012.



”FTLO is a platform for both emerging and established Irish creative talents to showcase their work together in one accessible and contemporary environment. This can include anyone working in any creative media; students, professionals, freelancers, hobbyists and everything in between.”

Artists exhibiting include: Hugh McCarthy, Mike Minogue, Mark Kelly, GradrikFabrik, Ed Price, ABCG,Mr Steve McCarthy, Shane O Driscoll, Gaetan Billault, Ivor Noyek, Danleo and more…

Photography from Oliver Kehoe Smith

For The Love Of (FTLO)

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Daria Pietryka

Beautiful paintings from Polish Artist and Architect Daria Pietryka.

“She believes that art and architecture are inseparable elements, and that they permeates through each other. She perceives building as a functional sculpture, interior as an abstract composition.”

I was very impressed with her exhibition ‘The Peculiar Case of Ms Cloud’ in 2010 at the Mill Theatre Dundrum in Dublin.

www.daria-pietryka.com

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Deirdre Hayden

Multi-layered oil paintings on canvas and wood from Irish Artist Deirdre Hayden.

“Deirdre Hayden’s work – the abstracted scenes, images of ice, trees, mountains and more-often literal and mythical renditions are based part in reality, part in a perceived representation of dreams that transport one in time to a visual and emotional landscape.”

Since graduating from Dun Laoghaire College of Art & Design with a Degree in Fine Art Deirdre Hayden′s work has shown in galleries such as the Stone Gallery, Ard Bia, Mermaid Arts Centre, and Kanal 20, Brussels.

www.deirdrehayden.com

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