OLIVIER CORNET GALLERY at VUE 2015 with group show ‘Hopscotch’

Image: Hugh Cummins, 'Maternal Care', wall piece (7 works of variable sizes, mahogany and bird's-eye maple)

This year is marked by the 150th anniversary of the publication of 'Alice in Wonderland' and Universal Children's Day is celebrated in November every year.

With these two events in mind, the Olivier Cornet Gallery will be presenting a themed group show for Vue 2015 entitled ‘Hopscotch’. The show deals with childhood and childhood memories.

Selected pieces will be accompanied by text written by a group of young writers reacting to the works, in collaboration with Fighting Words, the creative writing centre established by Seán Love and Roddy Doyle in 2009.

The gallery artists participating this year are Annika Berglund, Michelle Byrne, Conrad Frankel, Hugh Cummins, John Fitzsimons, Jordi Fornies, Jason Lowe, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Yanny Petters, Kelly Ratchford, and Adrienne Symes.

OLIVIER CORNET GALLERY at VUE 2015 with group show ‘Hopscotch’

Yanny Petters - ‘The Plants we played with’ (acrylic on dibond, 134x90cm), part of the Olivier Cornet Gallery’s ‘Hopscotch’ group show at Vue, an exhibition based on childhood and childhood memories.

A piece combining drawing and painting… because memories can be sketchy, we paint them in our mind’s eye... painted parts highlighting the aspects of the plants that were traditionally used in childhood games. A composition helping to join the narrative for those memories: The Nettle, dare to touch, opposite the Dock, its antidote.

A Dandelion Clock untouched as in memories and time standing still… Plantain soldiers, we hit the heads off each other’s soldiers. Is this the last man standing?... The Stickies, or Cleavers woven themselves amongst the plants, they do stick to everything with their little hairs. We used to throw them at each other…. What plants did you play with as a child, which plant brings back those childhood memories?

Cross Gallery at VUE

Image: Michael Wann from a series entitled 'In a Garden I Once Knew', 2015

59 Francis Street Dublin 8 Ireland www.crossgallery.ie

Cross Gallery at VUE Art Fair

Gallery Artist Hannah Brown showing work with the Cross Gallery at this year's VUE Art Fair

Image: Hannah Brown 'Victoria Park 5'

59 Francis Street Dublin 8 Ireland W www.crossgallery.ie

Cross Gallery at Vue

Cross Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based in Dublin, Ireland, representing Irish and International artists.

This year at VUE the Cross will exhibit a selection of new works from our gallery artists.

Image: Graham Chorlton* Little Umbrellas *

59 Francis Street Dublin 8 Ireland

T + 353 (0)1 473 8978 W www.crossgallery.ie

OLIVIER CORNET GALLERY at VUE 2015 with group show ‘Hopscotch’

Olivier Cornet Gallery at Vue 2015 – Group show ‘Hopscotch’ This year is marked by the 150th anniversary of the publication of 'Alice in Wonderland' and Universal Children's Day is celebrated in November every year.

With these two events in mind, the Olivier Cornet Gallery will be presenting a themed group show for Vue 2015 entitled ‘Hopscotch’. The show deals with childhood and childhood memories.

Each piece will be accompanied by text written by a group of young writers reacting to the works, in collaboration with Fighting Words, the creative writing centre established by Seán Love and Roddy Doyle in 2009.

The gallery artists participating this year are Annika Berglund, Michelle Byrne, Conrad Frankel, Hugh Cummins, John Fitzsimons, Jordi Fornies, Jason Lowe, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Yanny Petters, Kelly Ratchford, and Adrienne Symes.

Image: Conrad Frankel, 'Sugan Chair'

GALLERY FOCUS: nag

nag Gallery has a defined philosophy which is represented by its artists who have a commonality in process. There is an obsession for detail, refined execution and finish in the disciplines of drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, sculptural installation and film making. nag Gallery also directly represents artists from Japan and Ireland in contemporary bowls and pottery which enhances the nag Gallery philosophy of aesthetics in combining functional and non functional art forms.

nag Gallery was founded by the curator Mark St.John Ellis in 2012. In 2014 nag Offsite was established as an Art Consultancy taking contemporary fine art in to commercial and private interiors throughout Ireland and London, including projects in Kyoto, Japan. By working with such companies as Minima, Bultaup and Farrow and Ball, nag Offsite has evolved its expertise in combining gallery presentation with design. Nag Offsite offers professional advice with technical installation that introduces art in to the home or enhances the installation of existing works of art collectors and enthusiasts alike.

NEWS: Stoney Road Press Announce Richard Gorman Showcase

At this year’s fair Stoney Road Press will be showcasing a major new body of work by Richard Gorman made at Stoney Road Press in 2015. KAN is a series of three monumental (150 x 110cm), and six smaller scale (51 x 38cm), carborundum prints on handmade Indian paper in editions of ten.

KAN takes its title from a Japanese concept. The character 間 (pronounced 'kan') is an essential one in everyday Japanese. The fundamental meaning is “space between,” “gap,” “interval,” “distance.” However, it refers not only to space, but to time as well, meaning, also, "time between," "pause," "break."

Richard Gorman first began collaborating with Stoney Road Press in 2003, producing a series of woodblock prints and 3D works. Recently, he has also collaborated with the fashion house Hérmes to produce his designs on their signature silk scarves. A book of his work published by the Joseph & Anni Albers foundation is also forthcoming. 

GALLERY PROFILE: Hilsboro Fine Art

Founded by gallery director John Daly in 1995, Hillsboro Fine Art is widely recognised as one of Ireland’s leading 20th-century and contemporary galleries and has now established a significant reputation around the world. The gallery represents many of Ireland’s best know artists and also host at least two to three exhibitions per year by major international artists.

The gallery is conveniently located one minute from O'Connell Street in the cultural and social heart of Georgian Dublin. Originally called Rutland Square, Parnell Square is the second earliest of Dublin's squares and is also the location of Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, which houses one of Ireland's foremost collections of modern and contemporary art, including the wonderful Francis Bacon Studio.

Artists represented include Michael Warren, Sandro Chia, Eilís O’Connell, Patrick Graham, Gwen O’Dowd, John Noel Smith, Enzo Cucchi, John Gibbons, Katherine Gili, Eddie Kennedy, Alan Davie, Corban Walker, George Warren, Paddy Mc Cann, Eamon Colman, David Crone and others

NEWS: Hilsboro Fine Art Announce Artists for VUE

Hilsboro Fine Art will be showing work by Alan Davie, John Noel Smith, Eilís O’Connell, and Farrell Brickhouse at this year's fair. 

GALLERY PROFILE: Stoney Road Press

Stoney Road Press is a fine art publishing house which since 2001 has been collaborating with Ireland's leading contemporary artists to produce limited edition hand-made prints, books, sculptures and tapestries.

Based in Dublin, Stoney Road Press is the only independent commercially run fine art print studio in Ireland. It is also the only Irish member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association, a body committed to promoting the highest standards of quality, connoisseurship and appreciation of fine art prints.

Combining traditional printing techniques with innovative digital technology, the studio is transformed for each different collaboration, producing a body of work which reflects the individual skill of each artist. In recent years the portfolio has expanded to include new work with international artists.

Stoney Road Press exhibits regularly at art fairs in Ireland, the UK and USA.