SPRING PREVIEW WITH MARIE FARRINGTON • SPRING PREVIEW WITH MARIE FARRINGTON • SPRING PREVIEW WITH MARIE FARRINGTON • SPRING PREVIEW WITH MARIE FARRINGTON •
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The Spring Preview is designed to share insights into the thinking and processes behind Farrington’s sculptural artistic practice. The event begins at the threshold of Kunstverein Aughrim, where we will introduce some of the ideas Farrington is planning to explore with her current project DIAGONAL ACTS, and visit her exhibition of new sculptural work inside the space.
Material interventions presented as part of DIAGONAL ACTS arise from research into geological and archaeological imaginations of gaps, openings and thresholds, exploring the boundaries of the body in the landscape from various counter-topographical perspectives. The project expands on and elaborates a hybrid practice of ‘Theatre/Archaeology’ (Shanks/Pearson, 2001) exploring symmetries between staged presentations and field work via their continual renegotiation of categorical boundaries and their shared interest in memory, partiality, fragment, trace and assemblage.
Following a brief introduction to the project we’ll walk together from the Monument via the Library, over the Tinakilly bridge up to the local Allotments, sharing ideas and artefacts along the way, including a series of newly commissioned technical drawings by Róisín O Meadhra, a text responding to Farrington’s work by Isabel Nolan, and a newly commissioned hand tool by Liliane Puthod.
Schedule
11am: Introduction to the exhibition and coffee at Kunstverein Aughrim
11:30am: Group walk to allotment site, with pitstops along the way. This is a 1.4km/ 20 minute walk uphill. Anyone needing assistance can avail of a lift by car.
12:30pm: Outdoor picnic by Cow House Studios
1pm: return to Kunstverein Aughrim and local café First Batch Bakery for tea/coffee/etc
Information for attendees
- Much of the event will take place outside. We can expect muddy and wet terrain, and an uphill walk.
- Please dress for weather, bring an umbrella/raingear, and wear comfortable footwear that can withstand moisture and muck.
- If you have specific dietary requirements and wish to purchase lunch on the day, please let us know your food preferences/restrictions in advance by emailing office@kunstverein.ie
Access
Kunstverein Aughrim is located off Main Street in the village of Aughrim. There is limited on-street parking around the town, with one accessible parking spot outside Day Break. Kunstverein Aughrim is not step free, it has five steps at the entrance, with no handrails. Kunstverein Aughrim is located in the centre of the village, with busy roads either side. The footpaths are wide and uneven. There is a curb cut 40 meters from the entrance.
Kunstverein Aughrim has one inaccessible bathroom. There is an accessible bathroom next door at First Batch bakery.
Getting to Aughrim
Aughrim is around 70 km from Dublin City Centre. There are limited public transport options to Aughrim. If coming from Dublin by public transport for this event we recommend taking the 9am Wexford Bus from Dublin Lr Merrion St (Clare St dropoff northbound), arriving to Arklow for 10:05am. A member of our team can meet you on arrival and drive you to Aughrim, subject to prior arrangement by email.
Biographies
Marie Farrington is an artist whose practice reflects on the act of making through geological and archaeological lenses. Using casting, carving and other sculptural processes, she engages with memory through situated encounters with landscape and architecture. Her work makes formal reference to field sampling, built heritage and histories of display. She holds a Three Year Membership Studio at Temple Bar Gallery & Studios and is a part-time lecturer at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. Her work is held in the permanent collections of The Arts Council of Ireland, Trinity Centre for the Environment, and the Office of Public Works. Supported by The Arts Council of Ireland.
Róisín O Meadhra is a professional artist and archaeological illustrator. She graduated with honours from Waterford Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art. She has exhibited extensively and her work is held in private collections in America, Australia, England and Ireland. Róisín is a member of Visual Artists Ireland (VAI), a member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI) and an affiliate member of CIFAs Graphics Archaeology Group (GAG).
Liliane Puthod is an artist whose sculptural and installation based practice incorporates both handmade and industrial materials. Recent exhibitions, projects and commissions include: Temple Bar Gallery and Studios at The Pumphouse, Dublin Port (2024); Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin (2023); Solstice Arts Centre, Navan (2023); Skerries Art Trail, Fingal (2023); IMMA, Dublin (2022); VISUAL, Carlow (2021); Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast (2020); Pallas Projects Studios, Dublin (2019).
Isabel Nolan has an expansive practice that incorporates sculptures, paintings, textile works, photographs, writing and works on paper. Her subject matter is similarly comprehensive, taking in cosmological phenomena, religious reliquaries, Greco-Roman sculptures and literary/historical figures, examining the behaviour of humans and animals alike. Nolan will participate in the 13th Liverpool Biennial, Bedrock, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay in 2025. Nolan will represent Ireland at the 61st Venice Biennale, with Georgina Jackson and The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art as the curator and Cian O’Brien as producer in 2026.
DIAGONAL ACTS is on view throughout Spring, closing on 31 May 2025. The exhibition may be visited during our opening hours 10am-5pm, Thursday-Sunday by appointment. Please get in touch via email to schedule your visit.
Kunstverein Aughrim’s collaboration with Marie Farrington is supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and by Wicklow County Arts Office through the annual Strategic Project Award Scheme.