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Niamh Flanagan - Looking out - the vastness of the deep
Reserve not met
Estimate:
€400 - €500
Pending
€140
Timed Auction
Arthouse 2024 - Day 1
ARTIST
Niamh Flanagan
Size
37cm x 37cm x 2cm
Category
Description
About artist: Niamh Flanagan is an artist and Master Printer, based in Graphic Studio Dublin where she also works as Programme Coordinator. She makes etchings, monoprints and collage works which explore themes of escape, loneliness and the search for utopias and space in our ever-connected worlds. Language, identity and belonging are researched through her practice, as well as our need for community and connection. She is interested in printmaking's myriad possibilities, both conceptual and technical, through the exploration of the matrix – which is something she investigates through her one-off collage pieces in particular. Her work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Ireland, the Office of Public Works, the British Library, and private collections nationally and internationally.
About artwork: This body of work was created over a period of time between late 2021 and 2023. It features colour etchings, monoprint and collage works based on ideas of escape, reverie and our search for retreat; drawing inspiration from iconic dwellings and structures in folklore and fairytale, the landscape and the structures within them. I am interested in the stories we hear again and again from childhood into our adult lives; and how the houses in them can shape our thoughts, our dreams and our memories. I am interested in the mountains, the pathways, the dark lakes, the clustering shelters, the groupings of islands, the fading horizons, faraway fields, and the clouds that hover above us. I am interested in the meaning we assign to all of these things. The houses that feature in my landscapes act as a representation of safety or security against the elements outside. But our notions of safety are temporary, and our time is fleeting. These structures might not hold, as storms and changes approach. Islands are a source I return to often in my work – looking at an island is like looking at another world; and there is something about this distance that allows space for dreaming and distillation of thought. I often refer to stories, poetry and prose when I am making work – the works of Alistair Mc Leod and Brian Friel, writing about identity, memory and belonging held particular resonance for me while working on this series. I use colour to add to this sense of a narrative, and to reinforce the emotional complexity of these personal landscapes of memory.
Website: https://niamhflanagan.com
Instagram handle:: @neevusfl
About artwork: This body of work was created over a period of time between late 2021 and 2023. It features colour etchings, monoprint and collage works based on ideas of escape, reverie and our search for retreat; drawing inspiration from iconic dwellings and structures in folklore and fairytale, the landscape and the structures within them. I am interested in the stories we hear again and again from childhood into our adult lives; and how the houses in them can shape our thoughts, our dreams and our memories. I am interested in the mountains, the pathways, the dark lakes, the clustering shelters, the groupings of islands, the fading horizons, faraway fields, and the clouds that hover above us. I am interested in the meaning we assign to all of these things. The houses that feature in my landscapes act as a representation of safety or security against the elements outside. But our notions of safety are temporary, and our time is fleeting. These structures might not hold, as storms and changes approach. Islands are a source I return to often in my work – looking at an island is like looking at another world; and there is something about this distance that allows space for dreaming and distillation of thought. I often refer to stories, poetry and prose when I am making work – the works of Alistair Mc Leod and Brian Friel, writing about identity, memory and belonging held particular resonance for me while working on this series. I use colour to add to this sense of a narrative, and to reinforce the emotional complexity of these personal landscapes of memory.
Website: https://niamhflanagan.com
Instagram handle:: @neevusfl
Condition
Excellent Condition
Medium
Collage etching
Signature
Yes
