ev+a exhibition of visual art, Limerick, Ireland

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007

A Sense of Place

Thursday 29^th March

to Sunday 24th June, 2007

Limerick IRELAND

Klaus Ottmann at LCGA

courtesy of Deirdre A. Power

Curator

Klaus Ottmann

(Germany / USA)

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007

featuring

32 Artists

9 venues

and city-wide locations

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007

A Sense of Place

was opened by

Jaki Irvine, Artist and Member of

The Arts Council

Thursday 29th March

e v⁺ a 2007 Colloquies

Friday 25th - Sunday 27th May 2007

Colloquy Sessions

Guided Tour

Concert & Social events

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007

Exhibition Guide

click to download

(PDF format)

Exhibition Dates

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007 took place in Limerick from 29^th March to 24^th June 2007.

Curator

For 2007 the e v⁺ a curator was Klaus Ottmann.

Klaus Ottmann, an independent curator and scholar based in New York, is the author of numerous articles, essays, and books on art and philosophy, including The Genius Decision: The Extraordinary and the Postmodern Condition, James Lee Byars: Life, Love, and Death, and The Essential Mark Rothko. He is currently working on a book on the philosophy of the French painter Yves Klein.

=> View profile of Klaus Ottmann

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007 was given the title 'A Sense of Place' by Klaus. See his statement below describing his curatorial approach to the exhibition.

At the official opening of OPEN e v⁺ a 2007, Klaus Ottmann announced his decisions for the e v⁺ a awards for 2007. See the list of Awards recipients to the right.

e v⁺ a 2007 Curatorial Approach

Where are we at all? and whenabouts in the name of space?

—James Joyce, Finnegans Wake

For art to be experienced or observed, it has to be emplaced — put in place, however temporarily. A national exhibition with an international character such as ev+a, which is rooted deeply in one place, one history, and one culture, yet embraces the right to diversity within its borders, must inevitably focus on the dialectic of emplacement and displacement. The poet Seamus Heaney speaks of the "two often contradictory demands" under which Irish poets’ labor: "To be faithful to the collective historical experience and to be true to the recognitions of the emerging self." According to Heaney, the two ways in which a place is known — one is the lived and illiterate; the other, learned and literate — co-exist "in a conscious and unconscious tension" in the artistic sensibility.

e v⁺ a 2007 will present 32 artists, of which only 18 are Irish. The remaining 14 artists are from the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Canada, and the United States. For three months, from March 29 – June 24, 2007, the place (the city of Limerick and the traditional and nontraditional sites chosen by myself and the artists) will be the limit and the condition of all the art and related events, where the artistic sensibilities of those at home and those displaced will co-exist in a conscious and unconscious tension.

Klaus Ottmann

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007

A Sense of Place

Open Awards

Eric Glavin

Tony Gunning

Eithna Joyce

Thorns Ltd. (Snorre Ruch

and Jon Wessletoft)

John Hunt

Residency Award

(in association with the

Tyrone Guthrie Centre)

Orla Keeshan

Belltable One Person

Exhibition Award

Suzannah Vaughan

from 'Boy Raising His Arm'

Enrique Martinez Celaya

St Mary's Cathedral

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007 artists, works and venues

Consult the Exhibition Guide which is freely available at all venues for full details, or which is downloadable from the website - see side panel.

The Exhibition Guide contains a map detailing the venue and site locations for all artists and works. Copies were available at all venues. It may be downloaded from the website (see right).

Artist Sheets were located beside or near the works at all venues and sites. The Artist Sheets present brief biographical details of the artits, text descriptions of the work(s), and the artist's statements. The complete set of Artist Sheets of all participating artists and works may be downloaded from the website (see right).

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007

Exhibition Guide

[PDF format

-> download]

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007

Artist Sheets

(entire set)

[PDF format

-> download]

	Artist	Details	Location / Venue
		.
1	Patrick Corcoran (Ireland) Born in Limerick, Ireland in 1974. Lives and works in Limerick, Ireland.	“Trace” Installation / performance involving Limerick’s bookstores	Belltable Arts Centre
2	Shelley Corcoran (Ireland) Born in Co. Longford, Ireland in 1976. Lives and works in Spain and Longford, Ireland.	14 color photographs from the series “Seeing Ryan Air”	Belltable Arts Centre
3	David Dunne (Ireland) Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1958. Lives and works in Dublin.	“Spirit and Sinew” Installation with video and objects	Limerick City Gallery of Art
4	Melissa Earley (Ireland) Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1971. Lives and works in Dublin.	Video with sound; live performance	St. Mary’s Cathedral, and outside Limerick City Gallery of Art (opening night)
5	Barry Foley (Ireland) Born in Tipperary, Ireland in 1980. Lives and works in Clarecastle, Co. Clare.	”Follow the Path of Enlightenment,” Mixed media	Limerick City Gallery of Art
6	Eric Glavin (Canada) Born in Montréal, Canada in 1965. Lives and works in Toronto, Canada.	Wall painting	Limerick City Gallery of Art
7	Tony Gunning (Ireland) Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1954. Lives and works in Dublin.	6 paintings: “Developer’s Landscape,” Utopia Heights,” “Windscape,” “Broken Chair and Sofa,” “Ribbon Development,” “Travellers”	Limerick City Gallery of Art
8	Amy Hauft (USA) Born in Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA in 1957. Lives and works in Richmond, Virginia, USA.	”Fog Area/Watermark”, site-specific installation, perspex panels, aluminium	City Hall Exhibition Space (main gallery)
9	Ashley B. Holmes (USA/Northern Ireland) Born in Boston, Massachussetts in 1967. Lives and works in Belfast, Northern Ireland.	”Inside Out” 3 paintings on canvas	Limerick City Gallery of Art
10	Ronnie Hughes (Ireland) Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1965. Lives and works in Sligo, Ireland.	16 “New England” drawings	City Hall Exhibition Space
11	Eithna Joyce (Ireland) Born in Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland in 1955. Lives and works in Kilconly, Co. Galway, Ireland.	4 paintings, “Red House”, “Tree House”, 2 others	Limerick City Gallery of Art
12	Jesper Just (Denmark) Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1974. Lives and works in Copenhagen.	”It will All End in Tears” Anamorphic 35mm transferred to HD video	Limerick City Gallery of Art
13	Orla Keeshan (Ireland) Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1984. Lives and works in Dublin.	3 colour photographs	Limerick City Gallery of Art
14	Joanne Lefrak (USA) Born in New Jersey, USA in 1977. Lives and works in Placitas, New Mexico.	“Super Service Drive In”, Burned Denril, shadow, video with sound	Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick
15	Miriam Lohan (Ireland) Born in Galway, Ireland in 1975. Lives and works in Limerick.	”Ringing Limerick” live concert on May 7 or June 7 (or both), 30 min. of bell ringing using all available church bells in Limerick	Several churches, Limerick
16	Sean Lynch (Ireland) Born in Kerry, Ireland in 1978. Lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany and Ireland.	“Che”, poster	Shannon Airport; Limerick City Gallery of Art
17	Anthony McCall (USA) Born in England in 1946. Lives and works in New York, USA.	”Between You and I” light projection, haze, blacked-out space, 11 -12 m height, 3.5 m width, 10.7 m length	Church Gallery, Limerick School of Art & Design
18	Conor McGarrigle (Ireland) Born in Cork, Ireland in 1966. Lives and works in Dublin.	”Unreliable Narrations” video	Belltable Arts Centre
19	Margot McLean (USA) Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1952. Lives and works in New York City and rural Connecticut, USA.	Installation of drawings and paintings on paper, canvas, or fabric	Hunt Museum (drawers and throughout galleries)
20	Vanessa Marsh (Ireland) Born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1971. Lives and works in Dublin.	2 paintings	Limerick City Gallery of Art
21	Enrique Martínez Celaya (USA) Born in Cuba in 1964. Lives and works in Delray Beach, Florida.	“Boy Raising His Arm,” bronze sculpture	St. Mary’s Cathedral
22	Marie-Louise O’Dwyer (Ireland) Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1980. Lives and works in Valencia, Spain, and Dublin.	“Kitchen Clean” Video	Belltable Arts Centre
23	Eamon O’Kane (Ireland) Born in 1974 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Lives and works in Bristol, England.	”Regeneration” video projection of animated painting	Limerick City Gallery of Art
24	Alix Pearlstein (USA) Born in New York, USA in 1962. Lives and works in New York.	”Distance” two-Channel video projection with sound, 9:14 min.	Limerick City Gallery of Art
25	Christopher Reid (Ireland) Born in Stafford, UK in 1964. Lives and works in Dublin.	”The Convent” 6 colour photographs (#3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)	Limerick City Gallery of Art
26	Andrei Roiter (USA/Holland) Born in Moscow, Russia in 1960. Lives and works in Amsterdam, NL and New York, USA.	”Monument To My Childhood” mixed media 130 cm x 2 m x 1 m	Limerick City Gallery of Art
27	Aura Rosenberg (USA) Born in New York City, USA in 1949. Lives and works in New York City, USA and Berlin, Germany.	from “The Angel of History” series, 4 digital photographs printed as banners; “Thames,” “Met,” Albatross,” Bird of Paradise”	St. Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick City Gallery of Art, City Hall, King John's Castle
28	Matthew Schenning (USA) Born in Baltimore MD, USA in 1977. Lives and works in New York and Baltimore.	3 colour photographs, 20 x 24 inches	Belltable Arts Centre
29	Wolfgang Staehle (USA /Germany) Born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1950. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and New York, USA.	"Ludlow Street, May 2, 2006" Digital photography	City Hall
30	Siobhán Tattan (Ireland) Born in East Cork, Ireland in 1980. Lives and works in London, UK.	“Brilliant Failures”, 16mm looped film with sound, set props, black painted room, 22 x 14 ft.	Limerick City Gallery of Art
31	Thorns Ltd. (Norway) *Snorre Ruch* born in Trondheim, Norway in 1972. Lives and works in Trondheim. *Jon Wesseltoft* born in Svelvik, Norway in 1973. Lives and works in Oslo, Norway.	Sound installation	King John’s Castle
32	Suzannah Vaughan (Ireland) Born in Galway, Ireland in 1980. Lives and works in Galway.	2 ceramic glass objects	Limerick City Gallery of Art

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007 Catalogue

The Catalogue of OPEN e v⁺ a 2007 / A Sense of Place was launched by curator Klaus Ottmann at Limerick City Gallery of Art on Friday 25th May at 8:00 pm, as part of the welcome and launch of the weekend of the e v⁺ a Colloquies on Contemporary Art and Culture 2007.

The Catalogue is produced by Gandon Editions. See the e v⁺ a publications section for details.

e v⁺ a Colloquies on Contemporary Art and Culture 2007

The e v⁺ a Colloquies on Contemporary Art and Culture 2007 was held at the Limerick City Gallery of Art on the weekend of May 25th -27th, 2007.

The e v⁺ a Colloquies, for the sixth time, brought together the present and past e v⁺ a curators and invited guests, artists and other interested audiences for a round of informal discussions on matters of common concern affecting art and culture. No formal lectures or presentations were scheduled and no preconceived theme or structure guided the event beyond what developed naturally as those gathered expressed their interests and concerns over how art and culture interrelate in the present day. The spirit of this gathering was open, friendly, modest in scale and ambition but keen on the exchange of opinion and experience.

=> further information on the special guests and the weekend's programme of events

YOUNG e v⁺ a

YOUNG e v⁺ a in 2007 comprised a series of 'Artist in the Gallery' talks for school groups at both primary and secondary levels, youth groups and families, together with a number of special participatory events. The programme also produced a Resource DVD for young people.

Two events were organised as part of Limerick's Riverfest for the May Bank Holiday weekend.

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007 / A Sense of Place & C:Inside – Fringe e v⁺ a Walking Tour
Saturday 5th May, 10am - 4pm

A tour led by Limerick City Gallery of Art's Curator of Audience and Access, Pippa Little. Visitors were very welcome to join the tour at any point during the day.

YOUNG e v⁺ a Children’s Activity - Building Ericsville
Saturday 5th May, 11:30am – 4:30pm

As part of YOUNG e v⁺ a 2007, children and families were invited to participate in ‘Building Ericsville’ a workshop based on Eric Glavin’s work in OPEN e v⁺ a 2007. This workshop, led by the artists, Paul Aherne and Olatz Aizpuru, offered children a chance to examine a particular artwork in detail and an opportunity to develop their thoughts and ideas on the subject as they created ‘Ericsville’, a three-dimensional model town.

YOUNG e v⁺ a also produced a Resource DVD - 'Artists Talk to Camera' - featuring interviews with the curator of e v⁺ a 2007. Klaus Ottmann and a number of the participating artists.

=> further information on Young e v⁺ a in 2007

Official Opening

The official opening took place at Limerick City Gallery of Art at 8.00pm on Thursday 29^th March. OPEN e v⁺ a 2007 was officially opened by Jaki Irvine, artist and Member of The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaion. Klaus Ottmann, curator, spoke of his response to Limerick and of his curatorial approach to OPEN e v⁺ a 2007. Many of the year's participating artists were in attendance.

Bus Tour of Venues

The first organised bus tour of all venues and sites of OPEN e v⁺ a 2007 'A Sense of Place' took place on Friday, 30^th March. The bus departed from Limerick City Gallery of Art at 11.00am. The tour proceeded from Limerick City Gallery of Art to the Bourn Vincent Gallery (UL), the Church Gallery (LSAD), Istabraq Hall and the glazed street at City Hall, St. Mary's Cathedral, King John's Castle, The Hunt Museum and Belltable Arts Centre. The tour took approximately two and a half hours.

Limerick City Gallery of Art tel: +353 (0)61 310633 email: artgallery@limerickcity.ie

Artist Talks

e v⁺ a and Limerick City Gallery of Art hosted Aura Rosenberg, Margot McLean and Eric Glavin discussing their artistic practice as part of the opening 'Artist Talk' series. The talks took place in the Gallery on Saturday, 31^st March. The talks lasted for approximately 45 minutes. All 'Artist Talks' are free and open to the public but, given the popularity of the 'Artist Talk' series, booking in advance was recommended to ensure a place in the audience.

Further Artist Talks took place during April and May, organised as part of the Young e v⁺ a programme.

Limerick City Gallery of Art tel: +353 (0) 61 310633 email: artgalleryeducation@limerickcity.ie

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007

Invitation to Artists

[PDF, 70Kb]

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007

Submission Guidelines

[PDF, 648Kb]

[MS-Word, 62Kb]

OPEN e v⁺ a 2007

Application Form

to accompany all submitted work

[PDF, 42Kb]

'Bird of Paradise'

Aura Rosenberg

St. Mary's Cathedral

from 'Distance'

Alix Pearlstein

Limerick City Gallery of Art

from 'Developer's Dreamscape'

Tony Gunning

Limerick City Gallery of Art

'Thames'

Aura Rosenberg

entrance to City Hall