NCAD Gallery — The Gallery of the National College of Art & Design

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Irish Exhibition of Living Art scrapbook, 1943-1957. Collection National Irish Visual Arts Library, 2001.

To be opened by Barbara Dawson, Director, Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane on Thursday, 26^th April at 6pm, and continuing 27th April to 26th May 2012

DOCUMENT! is a chronological exploration of the materials used to document the arts providing a window into developments across the visual arts in Ireland from 1890 to 2010. The exhibition features selected works from the collections at the National Irish Visual Arts Library that are representative of the physical and intellectual content of the library’s extensive holdings including printed ephemera, books and journals, exhibition catalogues, archives, Special Collections, audio-visual material and digital ephemera. NIVAL is an initiative of the Library of the National College of Art and Design in partnership with the Arts Council.

The National Irish Visual Arts Library is a national public resource dedicated to the collection of information on 20th century and contemporary Irish visual art and design. NIVAL’s collection policy covers visual art from the whole island as well as Irish art abroad and non-Irish artists working in Ireland. Information is acquired on artists, designers, galleries, arts organisations, critics and other related subjects.

EXHIBITION

The exhibition is designed to promote the collections and services of NIVAL and to highlight the importance of producing and preserving documentation on the visual arts. The items on display have been selected to encourage new ways of exploring and exploiting information resources in the service of art, design and history, reflecting the growing awareness, in art practice and understanding, of the importance of archives and archiving.

Contemporary and historic collections featured in the exhibition include the Artists and Galleries Files, Earley & Company Archives (1852-1974), the Friends of the National Collections (1924-present), the Mainie Jellett Collection, the Irish Exhibition of Living Art (1947-1971), Kilkenny Design Workshops Archive (1963-1989), the Rosc Collection, the Graphic Studio Dublin Archive (1960-present), the Records of the Sculptors’ Society of Ireland/Visual Artists Ireland (1983-present), the Records of the Temple Bar Gallery & Studios (1986-2000), Illustrated Books, Artists’ Books, and the Poster Collection.

PERFORMANCE

Artist Jennie Guy has worked with the librarians at NIVAL on the third iteration of her Reading Ensemble series. This new work involves both a video and a performance that will be staged within DOCUMENT! at the NCAD Gallery. The performance will take place at the exhibition’s opening view on Thursday, April 26th.

WEBSITE LAUNCH

At the opening view, NIVAL will be marking the 15th anniversary of its establishment with the launch of a new website at www.nival.ie, developed by Fluid Rock. This project has been generously supported by a grant from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

PUBLIC DISCUSSION

Current Investigations into Irish Visual Culture: NIVAL resources in support of contemporary art and design research

Friday, 11^th May, 1:30 – 5:00pm

A public seminar delivered by a panel of academics, artists and curators highlighting the contribution of the NIVAL collections to their research practice during the past ten years. The seminar will take the form of a series of 15-20 minute presentations followed by Q&A. Confirmed speakers include MaryAnn Bolger, Michelle Browne, Ciara Healy, Dr. Roisin Kennedy and Megs Morley. The event will be chaired by Valerie Connor.

Discussion document: A specially commissioned leaflet with text by Valerie Connor and Dr. Catherine Morris will be launched at this event.

A Walk through the File with…

A series of public interviews between an artist and a cultural commentator, exploring the collection of artists’ documentation held in the NIVAL collection. The commentator will present to the artist items from the library collection to stimulate dialogue around both the art work documented and the process behind the documentation.

Tuesday, 15^th May, 12:45 to 1:30pm A walk through the file with… Alice Maher, moderated by Dr. Catherine Morris

Tuesday, 22^nd May, 12:45 to 1:30pm A walk through the file with… John Byrne, moderated by Declan Long

For further information contact: Anne Kelly, Curatorial Coordinator, NCAD Gallery, 01.636.4390/ kellya@ncad.ie Donna Romano, Library Administrator, NIVAL, 01.636.4347/ romanod@ncad.ie

The National College of Art and Design Gallery, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8.
NCAD Gallery opening hours are 10am-5pm, Monday-Saturday.

All public events are held in the Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre and admission is free.

You are invited to attend the LAUNCH of BASIC SPACE Shop on Monday the 26th of March, 6-9pm.

As part of the ‘New Ecologies of Practice’ programme in the NCAD Gallery BASIC SPACE Shop will open until 13th April!

Mementos from artworks, limited edition collectables, memorabilia from exhibitions, and the opportunity to be involved in our “Sq Ft of BASIC SPACE” will all be up for grabs.

Basic Space shop, install view at Ncad Gallery

The Good Hatchery present a new installation, Good Hatchery, at NCAD Gallery.
Opening view 6-8pm Monday 12th March. Exhibition continues until 21st March 2012.

from the continuing programme

New Ecologies of Practice: A short season of projects by
Catalyst Arts [Belfast] / Occupy Space [Limerick] / The Good Hatchery [Offaly] / Basic Space [Dublin]

New Ecologies of Practice: A short season of projects by
Catalyst Arts [Belfast] / Occupy Space [Limerick] / The Good Hatchery [Offaly] / Basic Space [Dublin]

Exhibition: Thursday 9th February – Friday 13th April 2012.
Opening view Monday 13th February 2012, 6pm

NCAD Gallery is presenting a series of new projects which will represent the work of a number of artist led initiatives, working throughout Ireland, which embodies a new approach and a challenge to institutional visual arts programming. In this programme NCAD Gallery would also like to highlight the National Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) housed at NCAD Library.

In recent years, and pre-dating recession in some cases, Catalyst Arts [Belfast]; Occupy Space [Limerick]; The Good Hatchery [Offaly] and Basic Space [Dublin] have established strong, coherent and critically significant presences in the Irish visual arts context and, in their strategic ideologies, argue for a reconfiguration of inherited thinking about the nature and purpose of art and the nature and purpose of art institutional practice. This aligns with other transnational artist led initiatives and ideologies which respond to ‘situations’.

For this project artist-led Catalyst Arts presents ‘Director’s Cut’ a selection of work sourced from the organisation’s archive symbolising a legacy of commitment from past members and directors. Transforming the gallery ‘Director’s Cut’ will display artefacts, past publications, a selection of posters, the re-exhibit of Art Rebels, a selection of slides with notes by the current Catalyst directors and the original Catalyst Arts neon sign designed by David Shrigley. In addition, a number of archive posters will be fly-posted in proximity to NCAD, re-contextualising them in light of this exhibition.
Catalyst Arts ‘Director’s Cut’ is open from 9th- 25th February at NCAD Gallery celebrated by an opening view on Monday 13th February 6pm. *Catalyst directors Rob Hilken and Alissa Kleist will give a talk on the Catalyst Arts archive to its present day function on 13th February 5pm in the Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre, NCAD.

Occupy Space is a non-commercial gallery in the heart of Limerick City, established through the Creative Limerick Scheme in 2009. As part of the programme at NCAD Gallery they have invited Art Links Limerick (ALL) present their on-going research about Irish water to the public in the form of an Interactive Public Studio (IPS). ALL will disseminate their research to date while continuing to use the gallery as an open studio space over a three day period, encouraging interaction and dialogue within the space.
Occupy Space at NCAD Gallery is open to the public for participation from 27th February – 3rd March 2012. * Presentations by Aoife Madden, Creative Limerick Coordinator and by Noelle Collins and Kevin O’Keeffe of Occupy Space on Tuesday 28th February, 12 – 2pm, NCAD Gallery. * Presentations by Creative Limerick Spaces: Faber Studios; Ormston House and Raggle Taggle on Friday 2nd March 12pm – 2pm, NCAD Gallery.

The Good Hatchery is an artist-led initiative and space based in the remote bog lands of North Offaly. In its development, large portions of The Good Hatchery have been constructed from recycled artworks and salvaged materials from the exhibitions that its members have been involved in throughout the years. Its development is on-going. Through a series of collaborations, curated projects and free residencies it challenges methodologies of contemporary art making and often investigates relationships between site and resource.
A new installation, Good Hatchery, will be presented at NCAD Gallery. Opening view Monday 12th March 6-8pm. Exhibition continues until 21st March 2012. * The Good Hatchery directors Carl Giffney and Ruth E.Lyons will host a seminar on Thursday 29th March at 5pm Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre, NCAD.

BASIC SPACE located on Vicar Street, across the road from the NCAD Gallery has been running since August 2010 and during this time has existed as a space for exhibitions and projects. For the duration of a week BASIC SPACE Shop will open at the NCAD Gallery. Mementoes from artworks and performances, limited edition collectables and memorabilia from exhibitions, and the opportunity to be involved in “Sq Foot of BASIC SPACE” scheme, will all be up for grabs. Avoiding romantisization of BASIC SPACE while outlining the physical and ideological elements that structure the space, the visitor can ‘browse’ the shop, but will be immediately involved in accumulating a knowledge of BASIC SPACE that is recognisably estranged from the memorabilia.
* BASIC SPACE Shop opening view Monday 26th March 6-9 pm, it is open to the public from 26th–30th March from 10am-9pm and remains in situ at NCAD Gallery from Thursday 22nd March–Friday 13th April 2012. BASIC SPACE Artist talk Wednesday 28th March at 5pm Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre, NCAD. * Refreshments & Discounts available on the opening view night.

In addition to work by the artist-led initiatives the exhibition programme includes The Artist-led Archive – Sustainable Activism and the Embrace of Flux open to the public to view by appointment at the National Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) housed at NCAD Library. The archive was initiated by the artist and curator Megs Morley in 2006 as part of an on-going investigation into artist-led initiatives in Ireland. The project aimed to decipher the kind of cultural conditions that led to artist-led initiative’s birth, their economic independence (or lack of), their organizational structures and how all of these factors effected their activities and life spans.
For more information on The Artist-led Archive please see www.theartistledarchive.com. *NIVAL is open Monday-Friday 10am– 5pm Contact:+353 (0)1 636 4347 or +353 (0)1 636 1102 and romanod@ncad.ie.
For more information on NIVAL please see www.nival.ie

To coincide with New Ecologies of Practice exhibition What Do You Stand For Now? is a public seminar and discussion that looks at some artistic and curatorial practices from the last few decades in Ireland. In particular, they all proposed methods and models of display and distribution as alternatives to established mainstream and institutional practices. What Do You Stand For Now? is chaired by Francis Halsall and Vaari Claffey, speakers include Valerie Connor; Mark Garry; Garrett Phelan; Sarah Pierce; members of The Enquiry, Gradcam and others.
What Do You Stand For Now? Saturday 31st March, 2012, 12.30-5pm at the National College of Art and Design, (Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre), Dublin.

In currently redesigning its own provision, NCAD is an appropriate context in which to explore aspects of this increasingly visible dynamic in the visual arts, as articulated in the NCAD Gallery space and the accompanying events and discussions.

The National College of Art and Design Gallery, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. NCAD Gallery opening hours 10am–5pm, Monday-Saturday. For more information please see gallery.ncad.ie or contact +353 (0) 1 6364390, gallery@ncad.ie

Artist websites
www.catalystarts.org.uk
www.occupyspace.com
The Good Hatchery
Basic Space
www.carlgiffney.com
www.ruth.ie
The Artist-Led Archive

Exhibition open 10am-5pm Tuesday 6th – 9th March 2012
Opening view 6-8pm, Tuesday 6th March 2012

This show derives from the MA in Visual Arts Education (MAVA) programme in NCAD. The programme facilitates innovative forms of research practice including arts-based research. Arts research involves the creation of knowledge in a specific and unique configuration. It is concerned more with understanding than with explanation, allowing us to see familiar things differently. The eminent art educator Elliot Eisner says that, in the arts, two qualities are essential for interpretation – sense (the feel of the work) and reference (what the work refers to). Too often, the artist is focused on the former, the researcher on the latter. This exhibition of the work of three MAVA graduates of 2011 maps out common ground and norms of practice between these two roles.

Fiona King studied Fine Art Print in Crawford College of Art and Design, graduating in 1991. In NCAD she graduated with a Diploma ATD in 1997 and a Masters in Visual Arts Education in 2011.She is currently working as a lecturer in the Education Faculty in NCAD. Fiona facilitates a development education module that enables student art teachers to embed issue-based themes into the Art Craft and Design curriculum through the lens of development education. In her most recent role, Fiona was employed by the University of Limerick as coordinator of the Ubuntu Network a national development education programme. On behalf of Ubuntu Fiona is currently delivering an education module in Trinity College Dublin. Fiona King

Fiona’s body of work is titled place of memory – memory of place. Her practice as a photographer acts as an echo chamber to her research interests. The work explores the significance of place to map identity, to recognise how one is defined by the spaces one inhabits and how generations are imprinted within the experience of that place. In the context of changing landscapes, she has journeyed back to the beginning, to document a landscape of remembered and dreamed spaces, where place contextualises memory and memory is recalled to explore the significance of a place. The two spaces that she documented are specific in their influence on her way of seeing and knowing.

Claire Murphy was born in Dublin in 1977. She studied Art Education in NCAD, qualifying in 1999. She completed the South Dublin Arts & Disability Training Programme in 2009. She returned to NCAD to do the MA in Visual Arts Education recently, where her studies focused on disability arts.

Claire’s paintings describe her journey through a process of art-based research exploring themes relating to the progress being made in the field of disability care provision, from the perspective of a support-worker employed in a large organisation that provides care and education for adults with intellectual disabilities. The issues she explored included whether social norms such as privacy, ownership of property, being able to make choices, and independence are attainable for adults with intellectual disabilities. She also encountered ethical issues that arose during the project in relation to the inclusion of disabled subjects in academic research. This led to the researcher’s use of self portraiture, alluding to scenarios where disability issues are not dealt with by the disabled people who they affect, but by the non-disabled support workers who are employed to work with them. The researcher has put herself in the position of the non-disabled ‘other’, watching over the disabled subjects who in this art work cannot be seen. The researcher now herself becomes the subject of the gaze to be analysed by the viewers of the paintings.

Martin Yelverton was born in Limerick. He studied at the Limerick School of Art and Design and at NCAD graduating in 1990 with a Degree in Fine Art Painting, a Diploma ADT in 1995 and MA in Visual Art education in 2011. Throughout the 1990s Yelverton exhibited extensively. In his practice he has focused on photography-based work that explored the medium through the elements of physical space. In the late 90s he explored elements of culture and identity through colour digital work in photographic series and texts. He is currently teaching in Dublin.

This project ‘Island’ started on the 16th of June 2010 as a visual investigation of Kings Island, Limerick, using photography and digital video to document the place, to create a visual representation of the island, representations that explored the nature of perception itself. Through this process he made video interviews with local senior citizens, in these interviews he was interested in ‘how people perceive’ their environment, their island. Memory became one of the principal theme in these interviews and one of the main subjects for investigation in this project, the relationship between memory and perception. As aspects of the self that permit us to formulate interpretations about our existence and about the world are still evolving at a cultural level and in all likelihood, at a biological level as well, Culture is seen as an evolutionary process that works in hand with the evolution of humankind, the evolution of self.

Gary Granville

Catalyst Arts logo designed by David Shrigley