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The Void (Derry)
The Void (or VOID) gallery is a contemporary art gallery and events space in Waterloo Place, Derry, Northern Ireland. It began in 2003. Vivianna Chechia has been its director since May 2023, replacing Eamonn McCann. In 2021 it moved to a new location in Waterloo Place. It received a grant of over £123,000 in 2021 from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Programmes The gallery has hosted art events for toddlers, life drawing and film showings. It has staged art pieces outside of their buildings, including billboard exhibitions. Some of its exhibitions have been political in nature. Artists Artists exhibited at the Void have included: * Amanda Coogan *Uwe Wittwer * John Gerrard *Niamh O'Malley * Andrei Molodkin * Niamh McCann *Margaret Tait *Pádraig Timoney *Helen Cammock *George Shaw George Shaw may refer to: * George Shaw (biologist) (1751–1813), English botanist and zoologist * George B. Shaw (1854–1894), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin * George Bernard Shaw (1856 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Art Gallery
A contemporary art gallery is normally a commercial art gallery operated by an art dealer which specializes in displaying for sale contemporary art, usually new works of art by living artists. This approach has been called the "Castelli Method" after Leo Castelli, whose success was attributed to his active involvement in discovering and promoting emerging artists beginning in the late 1950s with Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. Galleries in the market for art At the high end of the art market, a handful of elite auctioneers and dealers sell the work of celebrity artists; at the low end artists sell their work from their studio, or in informal venues such as restaurants. In the middle, art galleries are the primary connection between artists and collectors; accounting for the majority of transactions. ''Point-of-sale'' galleries connect artists with buyers by hosting exhibitions and openings. The artworks are on consignment, with the artist and the gallery splitting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niamh O'Malley
Niamh O'Malley is a contemporary Irish artist known for sculptures and moving image installations. Early life and education Born in County Mayo, Ireland, O’Malley studied at University of Ulster, Belfast, earning her PhD in 2003. She lives and works in Dublin. Work O'Malley has created a number of installations in Ireland and the UK over the last decade. Writer Jack Welsh describes her solo show at The Bluecoat, Liverpool: "Encompassing video, painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking, the exhibition explores O’Malley’s interest in constructing images, primarily using the material and spatial properties of glass." Irish Times critic Aidan Dunne discusses her use of glass at the Royal Hibernian Academy: "O’Malley is very taken with glass as a material in her work. If transparent, it offers a view on to a scene and often it frames the view. It can also fragment the view or obscure it." Career O'Malley's participation in the 2011 Dublin Contemporary, a film titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Belfast
The buildings and structures of Belfast, Northern Ireland comprise many styles of architecture ranging from Edwardian through to state-of-the-art modern buildings like the Waterfront Hall. The city's beautiful Edwardian buildings are notable for their display of a large number of sculptures. Many of Belfast's Victorian landmarks, including the main Lanyon Building at Queens University in 1849, were designed by Sir Charles Lanyon. The City Hall, was finished in 1906 and was built to reflect Belfast's City status, granted by Queen Victoria in 1888. The Dome is 53 metres (173 ft) high. Figures above the door are "Hibernia encouraging and promoting the Commerce and Arts of the City".Historic Buildings of Belfast [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Museums And Galleries In Northern Ireland
Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes art, and its interpretation has varied greatly throughout history and across cultures. In the Western tradition, the three classical branches of visual art are painting, sculpture, and architecture. Theatre, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature, music, film and other media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of the arts. Until the 17th century, ''art'' referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are separated and distinguished from acquired skills in general, such as the decorative or applied arts. The nature of art and related concepts, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (artist)
George Thomas Shaw (born 1966 in Coventry) is an English contemporary artist who is noted for his suburban subject matter. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2011. Biography Shaw first attracted attention for painting the estate where he grew up in the 1970s, in the Tile Hill suburb of Coventry. Shaw studied art at Sheffield Polytechnic and received a BA in 1989. In 1998, he completed an MA in painting from London's Royal College of Art. Shaw is noted for his highly detailed naturalistic approach and English suburban subject matter. His favoured medium is Humbrol enamel paints, which are more commonly used to paint Airfix models. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2011 for ''The Sly and Unseen Day''. Shaw contributed a short story 'The Necromantic' to '13', a collection of short stories published by Soul Bay Press. Shaw is based in Ilfracombe, Devon. Solo exhibitions *2016 "My Back to Nature", National Gallery, London. *2011 "George Shaw: I woz ere," ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Cammock
Helen Cammock ( ; born 1970) is a British artist. She was shortlisted for the 2019 Turner Prize and was awarded the prize along with the other three nominees (Tai Shani, Oscar Murillo and Lawrence Abu Hamdan). For the first time ever, they asked the jury to award the prize to all four artists and their request was granted. She works in a variety of media including moving image, photography, poetry, spoken word, song, printmaking and installation. Life and work Cammock was born in 1970 in Staffordshire, England. She grew up in London and Somerset. Her Jamaican father was a ceramicist and art teacher. Cammock's film 'Character Building' deals with the acts of racism that she, her sister, and mother faced for being a mixed-race family. Cammock worked for 10 years as a social worker. At the age of 35, Cammock began her studies in Photography at the Royal College of Arts, followed by study at the University of Brighton. Following the award of the Max Mara Art Prize in 2018, Cammock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pádraig Timoney
Pádraig Timoney (born 1968 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an artist who has become noted for the extreme diversity of his work so that his solo exhibitions sometimes appear to be group exhibitions by different artists. A past-pupil of St Columb's College, Derry, Timoney graduated from Goldsmiths College, University of London, in 1991 and in 1999 was one of the curators for the Liverpool Biennial. Timoney works principally using photography, painting and installation. Selected publications *''Beled Answer'', Decathlon Books, New York, 2011. Selected works *''Untitled'', 2010, with "Dragon's blood". *''Consider the Lillies of the Field'', 2009. *''Che Meraviglia'', 1997. Selected solo exhibitions *2013, 'Fontwell Helix Feely', Raven Row, London. *2012, 'Stanligrad in every city', Raucci/Santamaria, Naples. *2012, 'Shepard Tone', The Modern Institute, Osborne Street, Glasgow. *2010, 'Instead of Being Lucky', Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York. *2010, 'Buenas Noches, Laser', Xavier H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Tait
Margaret Caroline Tait (11 November 1918 – 16 April 1999) was a Scottish medical doctor, filmmaker and poet. Early life and education Tait was born and raised in Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland, before being sent to school in Edinburgh. Tait attended the University of Edinburgh, gaining qualifications in medicine upon her graduation in 1941. Between 1943 and 1946 she served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, where she was stationed variously in India, Sri Lanka and Malaya. Following her service, she moved to Rome in 1950 to study filmmaking at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Career After completing her studies in Italy, Tait returned to Scotland in 1952, where she lived on Rose Street in Edinburgh and founded Ancona Films, named after the street where she had lodged while studying in Rome. During this period she was close to, though not a member of, the Edinburgh-based Rose Street Poets, whose ranks included Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley Macle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niamh McCann (Irish Artist)
Niamh McCann is an Irish visual artist. Her "work includes sculpture, installation, video and painting." Early life and education McCann is from Rathfarnham and continues to live and work in Dublin, Ireland. She studied at National College of Art and Design, Dublin, the Crawford College of Art, Cork, and Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Career McCann was a director of Visual Artists Ireland in 2013. She was awarded a Visual Arts Bursary from the Arts Council in 2018. She was commissioned to produce work for the Museum of Country Life's 'On Sight' annual exhibition in 2019. She is on residency in Temple Bar Gallery and Studios from 2022 to 2025. In 2022, McCann received the Solas Nua "Norman Houston Commissioning Award". McCann has works in the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Hugh Lane, and the Arts Council of Ireland. Solo exhibitions and works *'someone decides, hawk or dove' - STABLE Arts, Washington, D.C.; The MAC Belfast - 2023/24 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Molodkin
Andrei Molodkin (born 1966) is a Russian born conceptual artist living and working in Paris, France. Biography Molodkin was born in Buy, Kostroma Oblast, a small town in North-Western Russia. He served in the Soviet Army for two years from 1985 to 1987 transporting missiles across Siberia. He later graduated from the Architecture and Interior design department at the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry in 1992. Work and career Molodkin's practise comprises drawing, sculpture and installation. His drawings are made in ball-point pen, an implement that references his experiences in the Soviet Military "where soldiers would receive two Bics a day to write letters", they are often "laboriously drawn replicas of mass-media images". His sculptures and installations often employ materials techniques and practices common in engineering "Molodkin creates a complex mechanical system consisting of air compressors, cast-iron pumps, and plastic tubing" that pump liquids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gerrard (artist)
John Gerrard, (born 20 July 1974) is an Irish artist, best known for his sculptures, which typically take the form of digital simulations displayed using Real-time computer graphics. Education Gerrard received a BFA from The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University. During this time he made his first experiments with 3D scanning as a form of sculptural photography. He undertook postgraduate studies at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and Trinity College, Dublin, and in 2002 was awarded a Pépinières Residency at Ars Electronica, Linz, where he developed his first works in 3D Real-time computer graphics. In June 2009 he began a six-month guest residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. During 2012 he was Legacy Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford, working on ''Exercise (Djibouti) 2012'', a commission for Modern Art Oxford and the London 2012 Festival. Works Gerrard's works concern themselves with the nature of contemporary power in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The old walled city lies on the west bank of the River Foyle, which is spanned by two road bridges and one footbridge. The city now covers both banks (Cityside on the west and Waterside on the east). The population of the city was 83,652 at the 2001 Census, while the Derry Urban Area had a population of 90,736. The district administered by Derry City and Strabane District Council contains both Londonderry Port and City of Derry Airport. Derry is close to the border with County Donegal, with which it has had a close link for many centuries. The person traditionally seen as the founder of the original Derry is Saint , a holy man from , the old name for almost all of modern County Donegal, of which the west bank of the Foyle was a part before 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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