GalleryX

Come to GalleryX next week for the opening of 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, the first solo exhibition of paintings by Lijuan McQuillan, curated by Tony Strickland.

The exhibition features a series of oil paintings which she began in the midst of grieving for her father, who died two years ago while her hometown in China was in lockdown. These works grew to investigate themes of time, memory and loss. As time passes, her paintings have seen a shift from dark and imaginative to realism and light.

Born in China, Lijuan has lived in Ireland for the last twenty years. She graduated with a Fine Art Degree from TU Dublin in 2019. She has participated in many group exhibitions and her work has been purchased, amongst others, by the Contemporary Irish Arts Society.

There's still time to see the .sticker.expo until Saturday 20 - don't miss it!

This week the gallery will only be open in the evenings (6-10 PM).

Free stickers for all attendees - yes you can get your kids to pick up some and stick them around the place... on second thought, maybe not. But bring them anyway, it's fun!

And there is still time to help the expo organiser with a contribution:

https://gofund.me/a1d622ee

Sorry to everyone but because of unforeseen circumstances the gallery won't be open tonight (Friday 12) - we'll be open again tomorrow (Saturday 13 July)

The .sticker.expo is up and running and will be on until the Saturday 20 - don't miss it!

Note that for this show, the gallery will be open in the evenings (6-10 PM). A great opportunity to visit if your work made it harder in the past. Bring your kids early for a pre-dinner treat!

Free stickers for all attendees.

And there is still time to help the expo organiser with a contribution:

https://gofund.me/a1d622ee

All hear, all hear! The GalleryX summer programme:

11-20 July: Dublin Sticker Expo .sticker.expo
25-31 July: Lijuan McQuillan curated by Tony Strickland
1-7 August: Zane Sutra curated by Tony Strickland
12-24 August: Conor McMahon
29 August-4 September: Eoghan O’Driscoll curated by Tony Strickland

We'll be posting about the shows but make sure you follow the artists' individual accounts for more details.

Coming up next week at GalleryX!

𝗗𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

Featuring stickable street art from artists all over the globe

For the past 12 months, artists from the four corners of the world have been sending in submissions for this year's expo, which we are very happy to host in our space! Make your way to GalleryX this 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 for the grand opening of the exhibition! If you like spoilers you can also make your way to the .sticker.expo Instagram account to see some of the entries.

Open from 11 to 20 July
6PM to 10PM
11 Hume Street D02T889

(Note that for this exhibition the gallery will only be open in the evenings).

And there is still time to help the expo organiser with a contribution:

https://gofund.me/a1d622ee

You have four more days to see Declan Breen's 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - open from tomorrow to Saturday, 1-5PM - don't miss it!

Everyone who visited it expressed their awe at the evocative nature of these dark dioramas - and started building their own stories around them.

Pictured: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝟑

GalleryX
11 Hume Street Dublin D02T889
Tue-Sat 1-5PM until 6 July

This is the last week to see Declan Breen's 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - open from tomorrow to Saturday, 1-5PM

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝟕

📷 by Gerry Doyle

GalleryX
11 Hume Street Dublin D02T889
Tue-Sat 1-5PM until 6 July

JD Breen

We're really sorry but we can't open the gallery tomorrow (Saturday 29 June) due to personal logistical issues - and no, it's not because we're afraid that Taylor Swift might make an appearance and ruin our outsider credentials.

We'll be opening again on Tuesday as per normal schedule.

Have a great weekend everyone!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝟏𝟗

The artist's work on public art is reflected in these dark dioramas, in which figures, captured in their stillness, frame and give significance to the empty space around them.

Declan Breen
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
Open until 6 July

GalleryX
11 Hume Street Dublin D02T889
Tue-Sat 1-5PM

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥!

For Culture Night Dublin 2024 (20 September) we are organising a showcase of young, independent, outsider, bizarre, and otherwise unexpected fashion design.

If you create clothing or other wearables, this is your chance to shine! There will be catwalks and showcases all evening long, and you can be featured. Just bring or send someone who can model your creations - it can be anyone, as long as they are over 18 or have parental permission. If you want you can also sell your creations in the front room.

We especially encourage submissions by people who don't quite fit into any mould and whose work has difficulty being seen for one reason or another. Maybe you live in an isolated area, or you're too young or too old, or your ideas or persona are hard to categorise. As long as you made it and it can be worn, we want to show it! And of course, we are also interested in things that are properly out there.

Please apply by email to [email protected] - I should not need to say it, but there is no fee for applying or participating.

What a fantastic night for the opening of Declan Breen's 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

The art and the interior were very black and that made the primary colours of some of the outfits really pop... and the space outside was just irresistible what with the rare sunny and warm weather.

Thanks to all who came over and to those who bought art and to those who engaged in great conversation and to those who helped out in various ways to make it a wonderful evening.

📷 Gerry Doyle

The exhibition is open until 6 July if you want to come look at the art more calmly.

GalleryX
11 Hume Street Dublin D02T889
Tue-Sat 1-5PM

JD Breen

We're ready!

Opens tomorrow! Declan Breen "These Fragments, and the Ambiguity of Stories" opening on 20 June

Sign up for the opening at https://buytickets.at/galleryx/1290984

More info at https://mailchi.mp/b30e93fb6b2a/declan-6738249

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝟐𝟑

"The Substance of Shadows" is a series of highly theatrical sculptures or dioramas, depicting moments suspended in time. They are stories centred on absence, on upset, on the consequences of dramatic events.

This work was originally exhibited in May 2023 as part of our collective show Dreams of Childhood.

Declan Breen
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
Opening on 20 June and open until 6 July

GalleryX
11 Hume Street Dublin D02T889
Tue-Sat 1-5PM

Sign up for the opening at https://buytickets.at/galleryx/1290984

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝟏𝟔

"The Substance of Shadows" is a series of highly theatrical sculptures or dioramas, depicting moments suspended in time. They are stories centred on absence, on upset, on the consequences of dramatic events.

Declan Breen JD Breen
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
Opening on 20 June and open until 6 July

GalleryX
11 Hume Street Dublin D02T889
Tue-Sat 1-5PM

Sign up for the opening at https://buytickets.at/galleryx/1290984

What do you fear? I fear the cage.

This is the title of one of the two series of works by Declan Breen JD Breen - and a strong, uncompromising message. Created during a time of universal confinement as we all had to mull the meaning of freedom.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
Opening on 20 June and open until 6 July

GalleryX
11 Hume Street Dublin D02T889
Tue-Sat 1-5PM

Sign up for the opening at https://buytickets.at/galleryx/1290984

Pick up this month's Irish Arts Review for a short but to the point preview of our upcoming show - JD Breen's "These Fragments, and the Ambiguity of Stories"

Get a free ticket for the opening here: https://buytickets.at/galleryx/1290984

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
Opening on 20 June and open until 6 July

JD Breen aka Declan Breen is a Wexford based sculptor whose work includes a public art portfolio in addition to the studio based practice.

This all sounds very tame, until you start losing yourself in the subtly disquieting scenes that Declan creates - either moments forever frozen in time, or an angry stillness at the injustices

Pictured: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝟑 (detail)

GalleryX
11 Hume Street Dublin D02T889
Tue-Sat 1-5PM

Sign up for the opening at https://buytickets.at/galleryx/1290984

GalleryX presents: Declan Breen "These Fragments, and the Ambiguity of Stories" opening on 20 June

Sign up for the opening at https://buytickets.at/galleryx/1290984

More info at https://mailchi.mp/f5384e6902a2/declan-6738147

𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞
Hand made paper pulp, steel wool, feathers, synthetic cloth

Just one of the wonderful and unsettling reinventions of Irish Gods that form the post-human future imagined by Eleanor Phillips

Open only until Saturday!

𝐎𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
31 May - 15 June 2024
11 Hume Street D02T889
Tue-Sat 1-5PM

Tomorrow! Unhinged: A Night of Women's Wrongs - Book presentation - https://mailchi.mp/5fe4242383cb/unhinged-6738053

Join Chelsea G. Summers and Elle Nash in conversation to discuss their newest novels in an exploration of complex and unforgiving female characters.

Thursday 13 June at 7PM
Get your free ticket here:
https://buytickets.at/galleryx/1269653
Or join the FB Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/438747618907706/



-Books

A reminder to get your FREE ticket for Thursday 13 June at 7PM
GalleryX presents: 𝐔𝐧𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝: 𝐀 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬

Join Chelsea G. Summers and Elle Nash in conversation to discuss their newest novels in an exploration of complex and unforgiving female characters.

Get your free ticket here: https://buytickets.at/galleryx/1269653

Chelsea G. Summers is the author of the best-selling novel A Certain Hunger, as well as An Excellent Host, a special edition standalone short story chosen for Indie Bookstore Day in America. Chelsea's work has appeared in New York Magazine, Vogue, The New Republic, Racked, The Guardian, and other fine publications. She splits her time between New York and Stockholm, Sweden, and can be found on Instagram, TikTok, and Bluesky.

In An Excellent Host, modern dating goes wildly awry as ancient gods prepare to receive their due in this tantalising update to Greek myth. From the best-selling author of A Certain Hunger comes a delectable new story of decadence, subversion, and satisfaction worthy of Dionysus himself.

-Books

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