"Beyond"- The Irish Outsider Art Exhibition comes to Cork City.

Beyond- Irish Outsider Art 

A Group Exhibition Curated by Brent Pope

The Atrium, City Hall, Cork

17th November- 4th Decmber 2015

Opening Night 17th November 6pm

You are invited to come and see Rosaleen Moore's paintings in the exhibition Beyond.

There is also an opportunity to buy some of Rosaleen's work that is not in the show in our sale shop at the exhibition space. 

 

Roslaeen in Irish Outsider Art Exhibition -"BEYOND".

Beyond- Irish Outsider Art 

A Group Exhibition Curated by Brent Pope

Dublin 6th - 25th of October 2015
Cork 17th November- 4th Decmber 2015

Three of GASP’s artists have been selected to showcase their work in an exhibition of Outsider Art, the venture of popular rugby pundit Brent Pope. He started a search for Outsider Artists due to his curiosity about the genre’s profile in Ireland. His dream was to uncover the country’s hidden Outsider Artists and it was realised when he put out a call on national airwaves for submissions. He received an overwhelming response. Approximately 150 artists from around Ireland submitted work to this project and the final show includes 18 artists, 3 of which are GASP’s Rosaleen Moore, David Connolly and Yvonne Condon.  

Rosaleen Moore had four pieces in the show. Two of which are from a GASP recent show called Generations. Rosaleen’s work was chosen because she strives to make Cork City look like a magical place with vibrant colours and the addition of extra details from her imagination.

The long awaited opening night of Beyond was on the 6^th of 

October 2015 in the Copper House Gallery. Most of the 18 artists, along with their friends and family joined Brent Pope and all those who made the exhibition happen to celebrate the work. The group of artists exhibiting their work are from all over Ireland. Some are independent artists and some are from supported studio settings such as Cuig and KCAT. There was a wonderful atmosphere in the gallery. It was emotional for some, an awakening for others but all who came, had a desire to explore the art.

For all involved, this exhibition has been a culmination of hard work and passion. Both the art and the artists are inspirational and deserve this opportunity to be acknowledged and celebrated. 

"I cannot emphasise too strongly how touched and honoured I have been to finally realise this dream. This project has been my privilege." - Brent Pope. (Extract from the exhibition catalogue)

Press Coverage:

Ailbhe Barrett, an artist from Cuig, Cork City, was interviewed by Ryan Tubridy along with two other artists, on the Late Late Show on Friday the 9th of October 2015. 

RTE Television commissioned Firebrand Productions to create a documentary following Brent Pope’s journey of discovering the artists and their work. It will be shown on Thursday the 15^th of October 2015.  http://rteonenewseason.rte.ie/portfolio/brent-popes-outsiders/

Beyond runs in the Copper House Gallery from the 06.10.15 until the 25.10.15. www.thecopperhousegallery.com

Beyond will then be shown in The Atrium, City Hall in Cork from the 17.11.15 until the 04.12.15.

Rosaleen in conversation with a young visitor at Cork Culture Night 2015 in the Crawford Art Gallery

Rosaleen Moore at Culture Night 2015

Rosaleen Moore's work is proudly featured as part of the events at this years Culture Night in Cork City. 

How well do you think you know Cork City?

Would you recognize the buildings of the city, even if they were painted with imaginative details, magical twists and energetic colours?

You are invited to take part in the challenge related to Rosaleen's work in Crawford Art Gallery, Emmett Place between 5pm and 10pm on Friday 18th of September. For more details check out the Culture Night website:

culturenightevents/crawfordgallery

Pop up exhibition of 'Generation' in Educate Together national school

Rosaleen Moore shows Elisa her 3 D painting of a nursing home during the one day only exhibition of 'Generation' 

in the Educate Together National School in Cork, Grattan Street. 

Rosaleen, chalk drawing scenes of Cork at Mid summer festival in Fitzgeralds park

Street Art & Mural Painting in La Tabacalero, Madrid

One of the highlights of the Madrid workshops was a trip to La Tabacalero to paint wall murals. On the way, Rosaleen and her fellow artists got a chance to view some exciting street art and took some inspiration for the workshop. 

Here is Rosaleen participating in the mural painting with the artists from Debajo Del Sombrero and AIM.

Painting Workshop in Madrid

On the first day of the workshops in Matadero, the artists were presented with an array of white objects to transform with paint. Here is Rosaleen with Louise discussing the choices.  

Rosaleen chose a suitcase. Her idea for it's transformation came from her love of her own city of Cork and her new surroundings of Madrid. On each side of the suitcase there are colourful and exciting paintings of both cities.

Rosaleen in Workshops with Debajo Del Sombrero, Madrid

Workshops, creativity, movement, street art and culture were highlights of Rosaleen Moore's recent trip to Madrid.

Let's start by sharing some photographs of the workshop in Matadero, her art and people Rosaleen worked with for the week.

 Below: Rosaleen chose to paint a suitcase during the workshop, brought it back to Ireland and his continuing to paint it in her Cork studio.

Below: Working in studio with fellow Cork artists and an artist from Bristol.

Below: Fun in the studio , presenting art work with the Madrid and Bristol groups.

More blog posts of the trip to come!  

Creative Journey to Madrid

Rosaleen is travelling to Madrid next week to an arts workshop hosted by Arts Organisation Debajo Del Sombrero as part of a longer term Erasmus + project called Expanding realities which will see exchange or ideas, approaches and collaborations  between GASP Cork, Art in Motion (AIM) Bristol and Debajo del Sombrero Madrid. 

The project is coordinated by CIT Crawford College of Art and Design and supported by Leargas.  The workshop in Madrid will be a change to engage with new method and approaches. Some workshop will be focused on visual response to performance art while time will also be spent working on a large piece of work on an outdoor wall.

Public Engagement at the Sirius Centre

Rosaleen takes part in Public Engagement events at the Sirius Arts Centre for Generation & People-Tools-Cities.

During the exhibitions Generation and People- Tools- Cities, a number of opportunities for Public Engagement were organisied. Meet the Artsist Events, Coffee Mornings and Workshops. 

Rosaleen Moore was heavily involved in the public engagement aspect of the exhibitions. Her work inspired the workshop activities and she was present at all the events.

Rosaleen worked as if in studio, set up in front of her work while the public viewed the exhibition. 

Rosaleen spoke to the viewers about the concepts of her work and gave tours of both exhibitions.

Her paintings and process inspired some of the activity sheets used in the workshops. Participants were challenged to draw where they live from memory just like Rosaleen does with her paintings.

Opening Night @ Sirius Arts Centre

Generation and People-Tools-Cities opened on the 27th of March 2015 at the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork. Generation features the art work of GASP Artists, St. Luke's Nursing Home and Educate Together National School, Cork.  People-Tools-Cities features the work of Íde Ní Shuilleabhain and Rosaleen Moore. 

Rosaleen Moore was one of the artists who kick started the opening night with sharing the ideas and processes of her work during a tour of the exhibition. There were open discussions about the work and positive reactions shared. This set the tone for more involvement from the public to continue.

Rosaleen in Studio #2

Rosleen's work is featured in a public participation project called Generation. She worked very closely alongside other artists, people of a nursing home and primary school children to create art work inspired by the theme of Age. Rosaleen painted images of nursing homes, the elderly and even transformed a Victorian Doll House with her paint. Here are her works in progress. 

Rosaleen in Studio #1

Here are some photographs of Rosaleen's preparation for the exhibition People-Tools-Cities. As you can see, her process of work is active as well as focused. She explored the city looking for opportunities to paint landmarks of Cork City. She also likes to experiment in the paintings by adding fantastical details from her own imagination. The last picture featured is a large framed acrylic painting of C.I.T O' Sullivan's Quay photographed in front of the building itself. 

The Work: Rosaleen Moore

A selection of acrylic paintings by Rosaleen Moore.

Rosaleen uses observational studies and photographs to compose her paintings, first by using charcoal to draw and mixing an abundance of bright coloured acrylic to bring her paintings to life. 

acrylic on paper-ca 30cmx40cm

acrylic on paper-ca 30cmx40cm