Denis Connolly (born 1965, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland) is an installation and video artist, and author.
Work
He and his partner,
Anne Cleary, both architects by education, have developed an art practice centered on observer participation under the name Cleary Connolly. Their work addresses a heterogeneous public and often involves collaboration with artists from other disciplines, in particular dancers (such as
Cindy Cummings), writers (such as the poet
Derry O'Sullivan
Derry O'Sullivan is an Irish poet living in Paris, France. He was born in 1944 in Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland.
His poetry collections in the Irish language are: "Cá bhfuil do Iudás?" (Dublin, Coiscéim, 1987) - winner of fouOireachtasLiterar ...
), musicians (such as DinahBird and Jean-Philippe Renaud) and craftsmen (such as carriage-builder Neil McKenzie). They live together in Paris with their twin daughters.
Cleary Connolly’s work is
participatory art, both in its creative process and in its final engagement with the spectator. They coined the term “observer participation” to describe their work, affirming that an artwork is not just an observation on the world but an active participation in the world.
Over the last 5 years they have been awarded more than a dozen public commissions, in Ireland, Britain and France, each involving a participative process as well as the creation and installation of one or several permanent artworks.
Their recent exhibitions include a 9-month show of three installations at the
Casino at Marino
The Casino at Marino is a small summer or pleasure house, located in Marino, Dublin, Ireland. Sometimes erroneously described as a folly, it was designed by Scottish architect William Chambers for James Caulfeild, the 1st Earl of Charlemont ...
, Dublin in 2013; a show in Spring 2013 celebrating the Irish presidency of the EU with installations at
Hôtel de Ville, Paris and at the
Irish College in Paris; and a show of five "Meta-perceptual Helmets" at the
Natural History Museum (Ireland) in November 2014.
In 2008-2009 they had a 3-month show at the
Centre Georges Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...
in Paris. Publications include ''Moving Dublin'', a book and DVD, published in April 2009 by Gandon Editions.
They were awarded the 2009 AIB Award for Irish artists of exceptional potential.
Publications
* 2011 - ''In the Works'' Gandon Editions, Kinsale.
* 2009 - ''Moving Dublin'' incl. DVD. Gandon Editions, Kinsale.
* 2007 - ''Past and Presence'' incl. DVD. Gandon Editions, Kinsale.
Awards
* 2009 - AIB Award for Irish artists of exceptional potential.
* 2005 - EV+A 2005 award.
* 2003 - Best Documentary Film Prize,
Kerry Film Festival
The Kerry Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, during October / November. The Kerry Film Festival is funded by Kerry County Council, Fáilte Irelandthe Arts Councilas well as having corpor ...
.
* 2000 - Moving Image Award, Cork Film Centre, Cork.
References
External links
Preview of the Meta-Perceptual Helmets in The Irish Times, 10 November 2014.
Interview and presentation of Look Both Ways on France24, 8 April 2013.
Review of The Absent Architect in The Irish Times, 29 May 2013.
Centre PompidouPourquoi Pas toi? 15 October 2008 - 12 January 2009
Circa 118Review of Here There Now Then, LCGA, 2006.
Moving Dublin Project Site.
presenting videos, texts and photos by the artists.
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Irish contemporary artists
1965 births
Living people