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RUA RED is pleased to present the 1st Winter Open Show in Gallery 1. The exhibition will feature a cross section of emerging and established artists and craft makers presenting painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, installation, jewellery, mixed media work, craft and applied artwork. All works will be for sale.

Previously, open call exhibitions have taken place during summer months, but this year we’re hoping to bring some sparkle to the winter months. As well as offering contemporary art and craft in a wonderful space, it is also an opportunity to pick up a unique gift just in time for Christmas!

All works submitted for exhibition were considered by a selection panel including Ann Mulrooney (Curator, National Craft Gallery) and Hilary Murray (Curator, Collections at Irish Museum of Modern Art).

Exhibitors include Elizabeth Archbold, Karen Donnellan, Darek Fortas, Emmet Kierans, Gail Mahon, Bernie Masterson, Nicole McKenna, Sorcha O’Horain and Rachel Swan, amongst others.

12th November to 10th December, 2011

Rua Red,  South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24

Curated by Anna Crudge & Nora O Murchu as part of the Worlds End residency programme.

The German Art critic Franz Roh first coined the phrase ‘Magic Realism’ to describe the work of Post-Expressionist painters of the 1920s, which in his view “uncover[ed] the mystery hidden in ordinary objects”. Rooted in phenomenological or existential theories Roh did not concern himself with the fantastic or mythological but the ‘magic’ of the everyday as presented anew in these art works.

In the literary context, as the term is now more widely known, the fantastic is presented in an otherwise realistic setting

“to reach beyond the confines of realism and draw upon the energies of fable, folk tale, and myth while maintaining a strong contemporary social relevance”

(The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, 3rd ed., 2008)

This non-literal interpretation of the world has its parallels in contemporary art. The artists in this show draw on the same “energies” as their literary counterparts to re-present experience. They remind us of the richness of our experience through exploring the meaning things have within it.

Ciara Dunne
Aurélie Mossé
Steve Maher
Tom Dalton
Tracy Hanna

10th - 13th November, 2011

The Guesthouse 10 Chapel Street, Shandon, Cork