Upcoming Exhibitions - Cashel & Kilmallock

Solo exhibition: 2nd – 26th July at Cashel Library, Friar Street, Cashel, Co. Tipperary.


Group exhibition: 'Fusion' Opening Sat 7th July at 7.30 pm.
                            Runs from Mon 9th - Fri 27th July 2012
                            Friars’ Gate Theatre & Arts, Sarsfield Street, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick
 

Presence & Absence II - The Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow

Presence & Absence II

“Every painted image of something is also about the absence of the real thing. All painting is about the presence of absence.” - John Berger.

My work is inspired by past histories of people and places, and often incorporates reclaimed materials and found or discarded objects, including photographs. My current practice mainly consists of a reconstruction of these histories and explores how objects trigger memories and emotional responses. It is this aspect that gives my work its subjectivity. The various histories of my subject matter are revitalized and re-presented; their presence is felt all the more strongly through a prevailing sense of absence.

Geraldine Jackman graduated from the Limerick School of Art and Design with an Honours BA Degree in Fine Art Painting in June 2010. Her recent solo exhibtiions have included the South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, in January 2011, and Birr Theatre and Arts Centre in September 2011. She was selected to participate in the group exhibition ‘Irish Wave 3’ in March/April 2012 in Beijing, China. She lives in Golden, Co. Tipperary and has work in private collections in Ireland, the UK, France and Australia.

Email: geraldine.jackman@gmail.com

Website: http://www.geraldinejackman.com

'INTIMATE REVOLUTION: DISCOURSE ON DISAPPOINTMENT'

Announcing the preview openings of: 'INTIMATE REVOLUTION: DISCOURSE ON DISAPPOINTMENT' at Siemens Art Space, 798 Beijing, China, on International Women's Day Thursday 8 March from 4-6pm. Exhibition runs until 22 March.

This exhibition, along with the other exhibitions listed below, is part of IRISH WAVE 2012 and features work by Irish and Chinese artists side by side. My work ‘Locks’ & ‘In the Name of the Father’ were both selected to be shown. [To view the work please visit: www.geraldinejackman.com]

IRISH WAVE 2012 will be a significant step towards the creation of a visually iconic Irish identity and the promotion of women practitioners in international practice.

This exhibitions is part of IRISH WAVE 2012, the Irish Festival Beijing and is supported by Culture Ireland, Crafts Council of Ireland, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork City Council, National Sculpture Factory, Irish Embassy, Beijing, Irish Museum of Contemporary Art and the Irish Centre Shanghai, China.

The theme of ‘Intimate Revolution: Discourse on Disappointment’ relates specifically to what happens to women at times of revolution and how in the aftermath of social upheaval, all too often the human rights of women are sacrificed on the altar of expediency. The artworks engage with the theme in diverse ways and from diverse perspectives, social, historical, political. The focus of the exhibition is the convergence of aesthetics by artists from opposite sides of the world, whether this is a demonstration of the global zeitgeist or of underlying visual synergy in human beings will be explored with vigour.

EXHIBITIONS IN IRISH WAVE 2012
- National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing - 'Instruments of Pleasure' (11.03.12)
- With Space Gallery, 798 Beijing - 'Convergence 3' (24.03.12 – 4-6pm)
- Siemens Arts Space 798, Beijing - 'Intimate Revolution: Discourse on Disappointment' (08.03.12 – 4-6pm)
- Yan Chao Collection Gallery, Guomao, Beijing - 'Hidden Meanings' (09.03.12 – 4-6pm)
- Shengling Gallery, Red Town, Shanghai - 'Elements' (16.03.12)4-6pm
- Irish Centre Shanghai - 'Telling Tales' (16.03.12)6.30-8.30pm

website: www.bigsmallartists.com