Glór Gallery To Host Made In China Exhibition

Arts and Entertainment - Arts

Friday, 02 April 2010 00:00

Written by Mark Dunphy

A unique exhibition featuring some of Ireland’s best known artists goes on display at the Glór Gallery in Ennis from Saturday 10th April to Saturday 1st May.

‘Made In China’ will feature works from John Shinnors, Eithne Carr, Mary Yorke, Pauline Flynn, Robert Ryan, Maighread Tobin, Samuel Walsh, Donald Teskey and Maurice Quillinan.

The ‘Made In China’ project came about after the group of artists visited Beijing in November 2007 to launch their exhibition, Made in Ireland. That exhibition mainly explored each artists’ response to the landscape of Ireland. Made in China is the artists’ response to their experiences of China, and their brief introduction to Chinese culture, the city of Beijing and the surrounding countryside.

Made in China is work inspired in the most part by this visit and is a response to the experience both visual and cultural the artists had in this ancient city and the surrounding country side. The new paintings and drawings are recordings and experiences in a wide range of media oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas and paper and charcoal on paper.

Artists exhibiting include John Shinnors, Eithne Carr, Mary Yorke, Pauline Flynn, Robert Ryan, Maighread Tobin, Samuel Walsh, Donald Teskey and Maurice Quillinan.

Glór Gallery is open from 10am – 5pm Monday to Saturday.