by jabrenna | Nov 6, 2023 | Uncategorised
Exhibition ‘No Filter’ featuring the work of Esther O’Kelly and NOTPOP took place at Canvas Galleries in May 2023. Discussing the work of two artists in one text generates its own particular challenges. Making comparisons and identifying points of...
by jabrenna | Nov 6, 2023 | Uncategorised
First published in the VAN (Visual Artist’s News Sheet) 10 May 2023. ‘Fix Your Pony!’ is the fifth iteration of the Naughton Gallery’s ongoing sports exhibition series, featuring works that, according to the gallery literature, tackle “race, gender,...
by jabrenna | Nov 6, 2023 | Uncategorised
First published in the VAN (Visual Artists News Sheet) 15 March 2023. Ann McVeigh and Ken Bartley, the team behind ArtisAnn Gallery, are no strangers to the NI Science Festival or indeed science for that matter – Ken has a degree in physics. Every February sees...
by jabrenna | Nov 6, 2023 | Uncategorised
Somebody turned to me and said: “It’s like when you see a gallery opening in an American film; it looks a bit like this.” We were three floors up, not quite a New York loft, rather a high-spec office block, with metallic flooring, industrial lighting, and whitewashed...
by jabrenna | Nov 6, 2023 | Uncategorised
First published in the VAN (Visual Artists News Sheet) 9 September 2022. Back in late-nineties Belfast, a loose agreement was formed between several like-minded artists in the east of the city to organise a group exhibition in a local venue. Said venue cancelled...