Grilse Gallery
Screenprint studio & artist-run gallery in
Killorglin, Kerry
12–5pm Wednesday–Sunday
087 604 7559 / either@grilse.ie
Free entry to all & group visits welcome
Tadhg McSweeney, Saoirse, 2 August – 31 August
McSweeney was an exceptionally individual artist who found extraordinary beauty in the absolutely ordinary, in the landscapes, animals and everyday objects of his home surroundings. The exhibition will be introduced by Tadhg’s friend and film-maker, Vivienne Dick. The exhibition runs until 31 August, open Wed—Sun, 12—5pm or by appointment.
The poet Brian Lynch wrote, ‘the simplicity, the stubbornness, the freshness, and the joy he finds in nature are facets of an ongoing self-portrait, expressions of the soul of an original artistic personality. He is in the tradition of Irish genius, but there is no genius like him. Tadhg McSweeney is unique’.
McSweeney studied in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, between 1959 and 1960, and later studied printmaking techniques, such as etching and silkscreen printing, in London. He exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy, the Oireachtas, Group 65 and the Independent Artists annual exhibitions, and had fourteen solo shows in Cork, Dublin, San Francisco, Hamburg, Killarney and London. He died in August 2018, aged 82.
GAZA EMERGENCY— All proceeds to MSF
Lisa Fingleton, Speaking peace while selling arms
Available as one-, two- or three-colour screenprint. Edition of 18 printed by Grilse Gallery, 35 x 26 cm on watermarked 285 gsm Fabriano with deckled edge at foot. €95 unframed.
100% of proceeds of this sale will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières’ Gaza and their West Bank Emergency Regional Fund. See Shop for details . . .
The print is a collaboration between Lisa Fingleton and screenprinters Lucy & Robert Carter.
'It is so distressing to see the levels of violence and aggression in the world. It is particularly shocking to witness the hypocrisy of those who advocate for peace on one hand while making billions from the sale of arms and weapons on the other. We hope that art can be a catalyst for change and advocate for the peaceful transformations that the world needs.'
Lisa Fingleton is an artist, writer and grower who has spent over twenty years cultivating deep-rooted connections between art, food, nature and peace. She is the embedded artist with the Creative Climate Action Project Brilliant Ballybunion and is also the Kerry Visual Artist in Residence with Kerry County Council Arts Office. Her studio is based at The Barna Way, an organic farm, woodland and wildlife sanctuary near Ballybunion. Her work is held in the OPW and other national collections.
Artists exhibited at Grilse Gallery include: Mike Ahern, Miriam Barry, Regine Bartsch, Paul Bokslag, Dorota Borowa, Katherine Boucher Beug, Cormac Boydell, Edwina Bracken, Kate Buckley, Na Cailleacha (Helen Comerford, Barbara Freeman, Patricia Hurl, Catherine Marshall, Carole Nelson, Rachel Parry, Therry Rudin), Lucy & Robert Carter, Bernadette Cotter, Marie Coveney, Fermoyle Pottery, Lisa Fingleton, Michael Flaherty, Audrey Fleming, Cathy Giles, Debbie Godsell, Tim Goulding, Zoë Green, Patrick Groneman, Karen Hendy, Carol Hodder, Con Kelleher, Denis Kelly, Darragh Kinch, Maria Levigne, David Lilburn, Rochelle Lucey, Sean McCarthy, Ava McKenna, Deirdre McKenna, Silke Michels, Susan Montgomery, Paul Mosse, Niall Naessens, Jock Nichol, Noël O’Callaghan, Ciara O’Connor, Denis O’Reardon, Geraldine O’Reilly, Danny Osborne, Rachel Parry, Alan Raggett, Robert Rasmussen, Jenny Richardson, Aisling Roche, Eddie Ryan, Úna Ni Shé, Mary G Sheehan, Gerda Teljeur, Charles Tyrrell. Also in Kerry Art Now! Kathy Cronin, Clodagh Edwards, Laura Fitzgerald, Holger Lönze, Poppy Melia, Aran Mulvihill, Christopher Steenson.