Glass Society of Ireland

FROM PUPIL TO MASTER, SOLOMON FINE ART GALLERY, DUBLIN

From Pupil to Master is a contemporary glass exhibition at Solomon Fine Art, Balfe Street, Dublin 2 from 12th to 27th October 2012. The exhibition will feature new works by Roisin de Buitlear, Sinead Brennan, Karen Donnellan, Peadar Lamb, Caroline Madden, Elizabeth McClure, Sara McEvoy, Charlene McFarland, Fiona Murphy, Paula Stokes, James Toal and Suzannah Vaughan.

Solomon Fine Art have been supporting contemporary glass in Ireland for four decades and are delighted to present this exciting exhibition of artists working in glass. From Pupil to Master will feature the work of 12 artists in a celebration of mastery, mentorship and method. An exciting mix of emerging and established artists will exhibit together for the first time, showing the diversity and alchemy of glass as a material for expression. The exhibition includes work by graduates and senior lecturers, past and present, of the School of Glass Design at the National College of Art and Design Dublin, the majority of whom live and work in Ireland.

The exhibition comprises of figurative sculpture, abstract compositions, drawings in colour and line, encapsulated mark making. Studies in transparency, shadow or light celebrate the innate qualities of glass; luscious colour, fluid form, intricate refractions, translucent liquidity each piece a personal dialogue with the material.

With only a few graduates each year it is interesting to note how this particular school has figured in the world of contemporary glass. Of the exhibiting artists many have become dynamic personalities in the international glass movement, mentors, educators and influential artists in the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Some, although at the very beginning of their careers, are already being heralded internationally with awards and exhibitions. This exhibition relays the diversity of this medium and the complexity with which Irish Artists are creating work in glass. It remains to be seen if this exhibition reveals a visual link or style between all of these artists whose lives have been interwoven through material and origin. What is evident is a poetic evocative exhibition of masterful new forms of expression.

From Pupil to Master will be opened by Louise Kennedy on Thursday 11th October from 6pm to 8pm. A lecture and tour of the gallery (with some of the exhibiting artists) will be held on Thursday 18th October at 6.30pm - booking is essential. The gallery is open Monday to Friday 10am – 5:30pm, and Saturdays 10am – 1pm.

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