Gallery
The Social Contract, NCAD Gallery
This work continues the exploration of themes of morality in Ireland through the textile medium. The pieces themselves are a reflection on attitudes sustained in Irish society by long established stereotypes. They focus on some very raw examples of contemporary living issues that are pigeon-holed with the disadvantaged areas of Dublin. Of course, every social issue in Ireland is currently under-pinned by the economic climate or indeed the lack of one.
Samples of Irish humour and satirical phrases are collected from candid conversations, text messages and e-mails are represented through the use of stitch. The work presents, in a public space, what we as Irish people like to laugh about amongst ourselves.
Art Ireland 2008
MA Degree Show, NCAD 2008
Amharc Fingal 2008
Stitched Drawings
Forming Fingal
From the Hand
You, Me & Lines
Drawings
MA Degree Show, NCAD 2008
“Moral Fibre”
The primary aim of the practice-based research is to explore aspects of morality in Ireland, such as racism and our attitudes towards homosexuality and other minority groups, utilising textile processes, through the vehicle of humorous or satirical T-shirts (Click here for Slogan T-shirts). This work is a culmination of the visual investigations carried out under the specified aims of my proposal. The driving force behind this project has been the fact that as a nation we often respond to moral dilemmas by making a joke about them. The research looks at the t-shirt as an ideal platform that bridges the gap between what we will comfortably say in candid conversation and what we would never say in a more public forum. The idea of making a joke about a serious issue is in itself a moral dilemma. The work exhibited here explores the idea of the space between right and wrong, what we call ‘The Grey Area’
Amharc Fingal 2008
Stitched Drawings
Drawings
From the Hand
You, Me & Lines
Drawings
