Chapter 1
Just Left of Copernicus (Roof of the Story)
VISUAL, Carlow, Ireland
3 October 2015 – 3 January 2016
Chapter 2
Just Left of Copernicus (A Prologue)
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland
22 January – 24 March 2016
Chapter 3
Just Left of Copernicus (The Pastoral)
Solstice Art Centre, Ireland
1 September – 21 October 2016
Just Left of Copernicus is an exhibition of new work by Irish artist Niamh McCann, staged in three parts. McCann’s practice looks to the visual cultural landscape to invite a reconsideration of our relationship to the world around us, questioning how this world constitutes us as subjects, and how we, in turn, give this world form. As an artist, her exploration of these themes takes the form of concise multi-media work, presented within larger installations and site-responsive pieces.
At the centre of the exhibition is the new large-scale structure/sculpture Copernicus for Now, made in collaboration with architects Jack Byrne and Séamus Baireadinon, and made of industrially produced cardboard tubes and plywood. The work draws on many references, ranging from topographical photos of the moon landscape from the 1969 moon landings, to the work of Buckminister Fuller, to the ideas of German expressionist architect and scenographer Hans Poelzig (1869-1936), best known for the design of Frankfurt’s IG Farben building and the sets for the iconic film Der Golem. What ties these together is McCann’s interest in the interchange and flow of fact and fiction, the overlapping layers of narrative, history and fable contained within the cultural and physical structures that we construct. Copernicus for Now is both object and event, a crater-like landscape for visitors to occupy and events to take place.
The changing subtitles of Just left of Copernicus in each gallery, reflect a changing site specific manifestation within each reiteration that will also comprise of archive material, wall drawings, process based work and smaller concise sculptural pieces.
A catalogue of the exhibition with texts by Francis MacKee, Francis Halsall and Grainne Hassett launched in November 2015.
Just Left of Copernicus (Roof of the Story)
VISUAL, Carlow, Ireland
3 October 2015 – 3 January 2016
Chapter 2
Just Left of Copernicus (A Prologue)
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland
22 January – 24 March 2016
Chapter 3
Just Left of Copernicus (The Pastoral)
Solstice Art Centre, Ireland
1 September – 21 October 2016
Just Left of Copernicus is an exhibition of new work by Irish artist Niamh McCann, staged in three parts. McCann’s practice looks to the visual cultural landscape to invite a reconsideration of our relationship to the world around us, questioning how this world constitutes us as subjects, and how we, in turn, give this world form. As an artist, her exploration of these themes takes the form of concise multi-media work, presented within larger installations and site-responsive pieces.
At the centre of the exhibition is the new large-scale structure/sculpture Copernicus for Now, made in collaboration with architects Jack Byrne and Séamus Baireadinon, and made of industrially produced cardboard tubes and plywood. The work draws on many references, ranging from topographical photos of the moon landscape from the 1969 moon landings, to the work of Buckminister Fuller, to the ideas of German expressionist architect and scenographer Hans Poelzig (1869-1936), best known for the design of Frankfurt’s IG Farben building and the sets for the iconic film Der Golem. What ties these together is McCann’s interest in the interchange and flow of fact and fiction, the overlapping layers of narrative, history and fable contained within the cultural and physical structures that we construct. Copernicus for Now is both object and event, a crater-like landscape for visitors to occupy and events to take place.
The changing subtitles of Just left of Copernicus in each gallery, reflect a changing site specific manifestation within each reiteration that will also comprise of archive material, wall drawings, process based work and smaller concise sculptural pieces.
A catalogue of the exhibition with texts by Francis MacKee, Francis Halsall and Grainne Hassett launched in November 2015.