Folds (detail), 2010, Mark Garry, Beads and thread, dimensions variable

 

Went to a great show in Dublin today- Mark Garry‘s Another Place at The Kerlin Gallery and it’s well worth dropping in to before it closes on Feb 13th.

Mark works as a sound artist as well as a visual one, but this show is all site specific visual works that are just so perfect for the space. A number of them seem to have been shown elsewhere before, but they’re wonderful in the Kerlin- especially This is About You (above)- which, at it’s most basic, is an installation of coloured threads and pins that plays with the light, changing its form as you move around the room and change your perspective. It’s a real joy to behold, I could have spent ages standing in different parts of the room just to catch a new persepective.

There are a a number of other framed works, and some terrific sculptural pieces that are wall mounted. There are three flowers (see below) hewn from american bass wood that are at once fragile and yet terribly strong and present. The way the three of them jut from the wall also allows for lots of different viewing points, and therefore a constantly changing impression of the work.

And time : Blue Eyed Grass 2 - 5, 2009/2010, Mark Garry, Carved American Basswood, various sizes

There are a couple of other fantastic pieces, especially one with yellow feathers and black wood, that is just brilliant- but there are no more pictures on the Kerlin page. Invariably you just need to get down there; it’s free and a joyful way to spend a bit of your day.

To say a psalm for now , 2010, Mark Garry, Carved American basswood, Cherry and feathers, 70 x 28 x 44 cm

A little note- if you’ve not been before the Kerlin can be hard to spot. It’s off one of those side streets (Anne’s Lane) that leads off Grafton Street- the one with Keogh’s pub on it.  Anne’s Lane is the one with the Sproting Emporium and Chili Club on it.  Also when you get to the Kerlin the door is always shut but it’s open, just go ahead and push it in and head upstairs. The Gallery is on the top floor- opening hours here>

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