Our calendar guide to this summer
Our writers highlight their top picks for a variety of events to look out for this summer. Continue reading Our calendar guide to this summer
Author: Gabija Purlytė
Gabija is a Senior Sophister student in History of Art and Architecture and Sociology from Lithuania. She has been Art and Design Editor at Tn2 since 2012, and was nominated for Features Writer of the Year (Arts and Popular Culture) at the Smedias awards in 2013. Along the obvious love for contemporary art and architecture, she is a passionate dancer, rather obsessed with horses, and tends to view things through a sociological prism.
Patrick Scott: Image Space Light // IMMA
Gabija Purlyte looks the new exhibition of the late artist’s visionary work. Continue reading Patrick Scott: Image Space Light // IMMA
Stranger than fiction
WORDS Gabija Purlyte “I could have done that myself!”. This phrase, by now canonical, encapsulates the core of the argument for many lay critics of Modern and contemporary art. It is true, of course, that since the “conceptual turn” in … Continue reading Stranger than fiction
Review: Tonight, you can call me Trish // LAB Gallery
WORDS Gabija Purlytė A “mashed-up, smashed-up, post-decorative dissolution of illusion” — the curators’ own words are a brilliantly succinct and accurate summary of the current show at the LAB Gallery. The opportunity to organise this exhibition was the prize offered to … Continue reading Review: Tonight, you can call me Trish // LAB Gallery
Cinétique by Boris Labbé
WORDS Gabija Purlytė Boris Labbé is a young French artist whose animations have already brought home a number of prizes. The title of his 2011 work Cinétique, meaning “kinetic”, exposes two of the starting points from which the … Continue reading Cinétique by Boris Labbé
Vera Klute: Deadweight
WORDS Gabija Purlyté Currently in the RHA Ashford Gallery (dedicated to exhibiting artists who do not have commercial representation in Dublin) is the solo show Deadweight by the German-born, Dublin-based Vera Klute. Though quite small, the display is immediately striking … Continue reading Vera Klute: Deadweight
Best of 2014: 5 top art exhibitions
WORDS Gabija Purlytė 1. Remains by Willie Doherty: As we get settled into the new term, the Kerlin Gallery treats us to a new video work by one of the most highly acclaimed contemporary Irish artists Willie Doherty. In Remains, Doherty continues … Continue reading Best of 2014: 5 top art exhibitions
Review: Turner Prize 2013
WORDS GABIJA PURLYTĖ The Turner Prize, without doubt one of the most important contemporary art awards today, is hosting its shortlist exhibition outside of England for the first time. For Derry~Londonderry, the current UK City of Culture, this is definitely a … Continue reading Review: Turner Prize 2013
Interview: Magnhild Opdøl
WORDS GABIJA PURLYTĖ Animals and nature feature heavily in Opdøl’s practice, which ranges from extremely detailed pencil drawings and photographs, to sculpture, taxidermy, film and installations. But her nature is not an idealised romantic one — beauty and death are present … Continue reading Interview: Magnhild Opdøl
The Moving Images of Art: Airs Above the Ground
WORDS: Gabija Purlytė Airs Above the Ground (2010) by Finnish artist Salla Tykkä is, first of all, entrancingly beautiful. The video opens with white text fading in and out of a black screen, providing a synopsis of the context in a … Continue reading The Moving Images of Art: Airs Above the Ground
The Moving Images of Art: Railings (Fitzroy Square) by Francis Alÿs
WORDS: GABIJA PURLYTĖ The Belgian Francis Alÿs, having trained as an architect, began his practice in the visual arts after moving to Mexico City some 17 years ago. Since then, he has done work in a broad range of media, from drawing … Continue reading The Moving Images of Art: Railings (Fitzroy Square) by Francis Alÿs
Review: Francis Upritchard – Douglas Hyde Gallery
WORDS GABIJA PURLYTĖ AND JENNIFER DUFFY Francis Upritchard’s exhibition in the Douglas Hyde Gallery is fascinating and unsettling, confusing and heart-warming. It is bound to provoke a reaction from the viewer, a different one from each. tn2 offers you two such … Continue reading Review: Francis Upritchard – Douglas Hyde Gallery