ArtNetdlr is pleased to present ‘…..on the edge’ , an exhibition of work by Angela Anderson and Fidelma O’Neill, selected by Olivier Cornet.
26 September – 6 November
Upstairs @Walters Bar, 68 George’s St. Upper
Dún Laoghaire
The exhibition is opened by Anne Haverty, Writer and Chair of Aosdana, on Thursday, 6 October at 6pm
Fidelma O’Neill
This body of work explores the often subtle fragments and traces embedded in the landscape which resonate with lives gone past. Hints of previous inhabitants or human intervention are evoked by shifts in scale in the work and seek to convey a sense of “trying to find one’s bearings”.
Remains of tracks, ancient field systems and detritus are reminders of the tenacity of life. These “relics” speak of survival in spite of a sense of loss. The Artist aims to imbue the work with the spirit of these journeys.
The medium of oil/cold wax with pigment and sand is worked in several layers to resonate with the marks and textures of landscape. The language of symbols as code is also incorporated into the work
“…..every form retains life…”
from “The Poetics of Space” by Gaston Bachelard.
Fidelma has exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally including group shows EV+A, RHA Summer Show, A.I.R. Gallery New York and solo show Rocca Fiore in Todi, Umbria, Italy.
BA Hons in Fine Art Painting NCAD
MA Fine Arts NCAD
Angela Anderson
Angela gained a First-Class Honours Degree in Visual Art Practices from Dun
Laoghaire Institute of Art in 2007 and completed her MA in 2016.
She has received several awards from Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County
Council and Create Ireland. In 2011, she was a winner in the international
competition organised by Europol, the European Law Enforcement Agency,
and her work is exhibited in their HQ in the The Hague. Her work has been
purchased by OPW and she has been successful in several open competitions
including: 2019- Goma Open, Waterford; Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Open,
Utopia/Dystopia curated by Aoife Ruane, Director of Highlands Gallery,
Drogheda; Cairde Open, Model Arts, Sligo.2017-Arrival, Dun Laoghaire Open,
curated by Gemma Tipton; 2016 – Art in the EastSide, Belfast. N.I. The final
exhibition from her MA was long listed for the RDS Awards curated by Ruth
Carroll in 2016.
Concepts of ‘home,’ ‘place,’ and ‘locality’ are frequently referenced in her art.
This has been expressed in her earlier work through the collection and
presentation of valued objects and more recently in a response to landscape
and location.
The works in this exhibition reflect the West of Ireland in winter. She has tried
to capture the mood and emotions of this largely rural area which lies on the
edge of the Atlantic, with its preponderance of stone and blanket bog.
She begins each piece with mark making using charcoal, graphite, and oil stick.
Thin layers of oil paint and cold wax are built up by scraping, mono-printing,
masking, covering and continually exposing layers, to reveal a history of
colours, marks, and textures.
Angela Anderson
Homeland 1, 2021
oil, cold wax on board
30 x 30 cm
Angela Anderson
Homeland 2, 2021
oil, cold wax on board
30 x 30 cm
Angela Anderson
Homeland 3, 2021
oil, cold wax on board
30 x 30 cm
Angela Anderson
Turbulence
oil, cold wax, pastels on wood panel
30 x 40 cm
Angela Anderson
Displacement
oil, cold wax on wood panel
30 x 40 cms
Angela Anderson
Peat Lines
oil, cold wax, graphite on wood
50 x 60 cms
Angela Anderson
Boglands 1, 2021
0il, cold wax on paper
27 x 16 cm
Angela Anderson
Boglands 3, 2021
0il, cold wax on paper
17 x 27 cm
Strata 111, 2022
oil cold wax on paper
33 x 28 cm
Angela Anderson
Boglands 2, 2021
0il, cold wax on paper
27 x 16 cm
Angela Anderson
Bog Pool, 2022
oil, cold wax, graphite on wood panel
50 x 60 cm
Angela Anderson
Chasm
oil, cold wax on media board
30 x 30 cms
Angela Anderson
Field Edges 1V
oil, cold wax on wood panel
20 x 28 cm
Angela Anderson
Field Edges 11
oil cold wax on wood panel
25 x 35 cm
Angela Anderson
Field Edges, 2022
oil cold wax on wood panel
30 x 40 cm
Angela Anderson
Fissure, 2022
oil cold wax on wood
60x70cm
Angela Anderson
Nightshade, 2018
oil cold wax charcoal on hard board
50 x 30cm
Angela Anderson
Strata 1, 2022
oil cold wax on paper
20×27 cm
Angela Anderson
Strata 2, 2022
oil cold wax on paper
20 x 27 cm
Fidelma O’Neill
Probe II
43 x 35
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
Bloom Above II
31 x 35
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
Beyond Here
19 x 19
oil/cwm on board
Fidelma O’Neill
Beyond There
19 x 19
oil/cwm on board
Fidelma O’Neill
A Break In The Journey
32 x 37
oil/cwm on board
RESERVED
Fidelma O’Neill
Cairnfield III
43 x 43
oil/cwm on media board
RESERVED
Fidelma O’Neill
Cipher
40 x 31
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
Form Retained
39 x 29
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
Cutting I
30 x 34
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
The Other Story
34 x 34
oil/cwm on board
Fidelma O’Neill
Probe III
34 x 34
oil/cwm on board
RESERVED
Fidelma O’Neill
Where To Now 1
38 x 32
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
First Level
43 x 43
oil/cwm on media board
Fidelma O’Neill
Cairnfield II
44 x 35
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
Shifting Boundaries
34 x 34
oil/cwm on media board
Fidelma O’Neill
The Upland Field
34 x 34
oil/cwm on media board
Fidelma O’Neill
Cairnfield 1
43 x 43
oil/cwm on media board
Fidelma O’Neill
The Old Ways Now
43 x 43
oil/cwm on media board
Fidelma O’Neill
Probe IV
34 x 34
oil/cwm on media board
Fidelma O’Neill
Bloom Above III
31 x 34
oil/cwm on oil paper
RESERVED
Fidelma O’Neill
Storehouse
34 x 27
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
Where To Now II
37 x 36
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
Where To Now III
34 x 36
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
Cutting II
31 x 33
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
Where To Now IV
32 x 36
oil/cwm on oil paper
Fidelma O’Neill
New Level
33 x 39
oil/cwm on board
RESERVED
Fidelma O’Neill
The Old Ways Now
oil/cwm on board
Fidelma O’Neill
Probe 1
79x60cm
oil/cwm on board
