In line with the spirit of the public health update and associated restrictions announced by the NI Executive, the MAC is now closed until Saturday 14 November.
Susan Connolly:
Something About Some Thing
To Do With Paint
Susan Connolly presents a series of new works which explore the physical qualities of paint extending our understanding of contemporary painting.
| Date: | 9 May 2014 - 22 Jun 2014 |
|---|---|
| Space: | Sunken Gallery |
Be part of it
Tweet and Instagram your photos and reviews. Just use the hashtag #MACSusanConnolly
Details
Painting as a mode of tactile production is designed to be consumed primarily with one’s sight; so at first glance these paintings appear to represent surfaces which have been flagrantly abused; their distorted supports, cut away paint, stained surfaces casually hung, placed onto armature like tragic trophies of some catastrophic event.
Yet it is a deliberate and what is actually a very delicate and systematic examination from within the canvas that informs and produces these critically engaged works. This is achieved by confronting the ‘problem’ with painting by incorporating its very destruction into the work itself.
These paintings mirror the scuffed, scratched, and beaten surfaces of living, they tell stories from within the processes of the painted history. By not being limited to the wall bound traditions associated with painting, questions of surface and support lead to answers of volume and the paints new status as an object, as they protrude and project into the viewer’s physical space.
Susan says of her practice "Most of my studio work comes from time spent looking; considering and questioning much of what I see, read or experience in relation to making objects. I think it is a very exciting time to be thinking about painting, with all the rhetoric of ‘death’ within the medium proving sheer nonsense again and again.”
Susan Connolly was born in Dublin, studied at Limerick School of Art and Design (BA, 1994-1998), The University of Ulster at Belfast (MFA, 2000-2002) and The National College of Art and Design (MA, 2011-2013).
Recent exhibitions include; Three Degrees of Painting, 2013 ‘Airport for Shadows’ at The Cross Gallery, Dublin, 2011 ‘Constellations’ at Visual, Carlow, 2011 and ‘Connections’ at Red/Rua, Dublin, 2010.
Your Visit
The safety of our visitors and staff is a top priority, so to help us manage the number of people in the MAC at any one time, we are asking you to pre-book your gallery visit.
Booking your gallery visit
Click the Book Now button to begin the booking process, and select the date and time you wish to visit this exhibition. These are listed as 30 min slots, and you can arrive at the MAC anytime within that 30min time slot. Next tell us how many will be attending – our exhibitions are free to visit, but you can choose to add a donation to your booking. At this difficult time, we are more grateful than ever for those who give financially towards our work – your donations truly make a difference.
To complete your booking, we’ll ask you for some personal details including a contact telephone number for Track and Trace purposes. Once your booking is confirmed, we will send you a confirmation email, and the day before your visit, we’ll also send an email with some helpful information for your visit.
On the day of your visit
We have introduced a one-way system at the MAC, as part of our efforts to keep you safe. On arrival, please enter via the door from Exchange Street West. You will be met by a member of staff, or you may have to queue for a few moments.
Please show your e-ticket or print at home ticket, and our staff will check you in and share some further information with you about your visit.
For more information to help prepare you for a visit to the MAC, check out our Keeping You Safe page. There you’ll find a customer journey video, showing you how your visit might look, and answers to our frequently asked questions.
Which month will you be visiting?
| Standard | Premium |
|---|
