MESH Exhibition

Mesh is an exhibition of ten Dublin based artists who have been studying visual art together for the past three years. They've decided to introduce new examples of their diverse practices in the intimate Hello Operator exhibition space this March.

Without a prescribed theme or any universal concern among the artists involved, MESH is an interweaving of approaches to contemporary art practices. Paul Coffey's photographs, dealing with the conventions of cinema, compliment the video work of Louise Brady and Seamus Bradley, who's multi-channel installations deconstruct further those conventions, with particular reference to the viewer's understanding of their operation.
Micheal Gavigan's projection work comes from a background in sculpture and playfully addresses issues of escapism. This theme is echoed in the multi-media piece by Moya Clarken and installation work of Stephanie Golden, as well as in the meditative canvases of Aoife Brady.
The theme of art as catharsis also arises in Mairead Hutchinson's filmed ode to childlike abandon. The scale and broad strokes of that work are, in turn reflected in Shadley Rawat's expansion of his meticulous figurative style onto large, gesturally wrought drawings.
The whole is tied together by Craig Cox's radio-transmission based installation, which invisibly encompasses the gallery space and brings into focus notions of identity and community about which we can all concern ourselves..

Exhibition opening and drinks reception Thursday March 10th, 6pm, Hello Operator, 12 Rutland Place, Dublin 1. Show continues March 11th and 12th.

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