Truth Doesn’t Matter explores the world of the sculptural form and its reality. The work of four emerging artists comes together to create a constellation of sculptural compositions, and the conversation begins. The pivotal concern of the artists exhibiting is the “belief in objects” and their right to be. The artists revealing their unique vision of world are Steve Earl Weber, Christopher J Campbell, Martin Boyle and Brendan O’Neill.
About the Artists
Steve Earl Weber. Through repeated exposure to objects we develop mental triggers, correlations to objects and deeper meanings beyond just their functions. A pillow, for instance, may cause one to think of sleep, comfort, luxury, death, insomnia, or dreams … a shovel could conjure thoughts ranging from gardening to grave digging, depending on the viewer’s own perspective and in what manner the objects are presented. He makes an attempt to choose objects and materials in a manner that capitalizes on the crossover between my own mental triggers and the viewer’s perspective .
Christopher J Campbell subverts the arenas of pop and surrealism: film references bleed into art histories, processes become product and products are processed. In this world, video is sculpture and sculpture is painting.
“Rat and Bear get Pataphysical represents a daydream I had whilst watching the 1981 video work The Least Resistance by the artist duo Fischli & Weiss. The video’s two protagonists, Rat & Bear, epitomize the core principles of pataphysics: the science of imaginary solutions. Rat and Bear get Pataphysical explores the imagined zone where fantasies are exposed. In this imagined world, resentment is the sincerest form of flattery.”
Martin Boyle produces work that is both playful and performative. He re-presents mass produced objects and packaging in multiple forms to the viewer through video installation and sculptural pieces. Always preferring to understate his point, he creates a context where the viewer requires time in order to view the work. Through subtle manipulation or illusion he plays on our need for immediate gratification, with expectation to reveal, to unfold, to expose.
Brendan O'Neill uses artistic practice as a tool for examining our perception of reality as well as our relationship to culture and its productions. He creates processes in manipulating selected materials and transforms them to take on some form of 'otherness'. His work demonstrates an ambition to create hybrid forms that explore a new ways of looking at the ascribed meaning of things.
OPENING : Thursday 4th of February from 6pm – 9pm
Hello Everyone,
Just a wee reminder about Andre Stitt's exhibition Substance, opening tomorrow night Friday the 29th January 2010 at 6pm - 8pm.
Hope you can make!
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The Golden Thread Gallery is Northern Ireland’s leading international contemporary art space, rooted in the local. The gallery offers residents and visitors to Belfast a diverse programme of high quality contemporary art exhibitions and participatory events. As one of Northern Irelands largest visual arts venues the Golden Thread Gallery acts as a platform for a mix of the very best international and local artists, hosting six large-scale exhibitions in the main gallery spaces and twelve exhibitions in its project space. The project space openings are not to be missed and always take place at 6.00pm on the first Thursday of the month as part of Belfast’s Late Night Art.
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Over the last ten years the Golden Thread Gallery has established an excellent reputation for creating exhibitions exploring art from the North Ireland, delivering exhibitions to international audiences through its touring programme. The gallery has delivered numerous curated exhibitions to venues across the UK and Ireland, Europe, North America, China and more recently Taiwan.
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