The Model, Sligo.

Up The Walls: Seven Contemporary Artists

Etienne Zack (CA), Carsten Fock (DE), Mairead O’hEocha (IE), Sonia Shiel (IE), Anna Bjerger (SWE), Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen (DK), Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor (RO) Up The Walls is an exhibition of international and Irish artists who are all exploring painting in new and innovative ways. As artist in residence, Carsten

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The Model, Sligo.

All Humans Do

12 Irish Artists: David Beattie, Rhona Byrne, Brendan Earley, Aleana Egan, Fergus Feehily, Mark Garry, Kevin Kirwan, Bea McMahon, Niamh O’Malley, Locky Morris, Dennis Mc Nulty & Tamsin Snow. In Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Solaris (1972), psychologist Kris Kelvin mysteriously meets his dead wife on a space station. She is confused

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The Model, Sligo.

Isabel Nolan: A Hole Into The Future

A major solo exhibition from Irish artist Isabel Nolan. Produced in collaboration with Le Musée d’art moderne de Saint-Etienne. Nolan’s practice includes abstract & figurative elements: sculptures, paintings, drawings and fabric works. Her work was included in exhibitions at Smart, Amsterdam, 2009, The Daejeon Museum of Art, South Korea, 2009;

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The Model, Sligo.

A Series of Navigations

This group exhibition presents a number of artists whose work traverses different dimensions of reality, identity and reportage. Each work, at its root, has a form of investigation – questions about sexual identity, the cosmos, the canons of philosophy, the meaning of life, third world poverty or the relevance of

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Zin Taylor: Thoughts and Forms

Zin has become known internationally for his elaborate installations encompassing elements of performance and sculpture along with drawing, printing, and video. Narration is an essential ingredient of much of Taylor’s multifaceted work, and his stories are often culled from the undergrowth of popular culture (more specifically underground music scenes) and

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(sub)TEXT

(sub)TEXT

(sub)TEXT, a collaborative, time based, multi media installation contemplating relationships between process, concept, impact and aesthetics is opening in room at The Model this week. Room is an artist-led space provided by The Model to The Model’s Studio Artists and is programed by the artists. By facilitating an exploration of

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