TULCA Visual Arts Festival, Galway, 9-23 November 2012
Solanum Tuberosum, 2010-2012, in Fairgreen Gallery, Galway
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"WE IRISH probably feel we know our way round a potato. Boiled, baked, roasted, mashed or fried, we’ve gazed upon the trusty spud in pretty much all its forms.
However, French photographic artist Nadege Meriau, whose work is showing in the Fairgreen Gallery as part of TULCA, portrays the potato in ways seldom seen before. Against dark backgrounds and with dramatic lighting, Meriau’s images of sprouting potatoes are other-worldly, mysterious and visually arresting. Several look like stills from a science fiction movie with alien-looking potatoes posed against what appears to be a starry night sky" Charlie Mc Bride, Galway Advertiser, November 15, 2012.
I really enjoyed my time in Galway and particularly liked the works of Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly,David Heffer, Patrick Hogan,Joanna Karolini, Emily Richardson,Kelly Richardson, Daniel Steiffert and Brigitte Zieger.
For more on Tulca's programme http://issuu.com/aidenk47/docs/tulca_201…
Solanum Tuberousm VI, 32x42cm, 2011
http://www.culturefox.ie/festival/tulca-…
"WE IRISH probably feel we know our way round a potato. Boiled, baked, roasted, mashed or fried, we’ve gazed upon the trusty spud in pretty much all its forms.
However, French photographic artist Nadege Meriau, whose work is showing in the Fairgreen Gallery as part of TULCA, portrays the potato in ways seldom seen before. Against dark backgrounds and with dramatic lighting, Meriau’s images of sprouting potatoes are other-worldly, mysterious and visually arresting. Several look like stills from a science fiction movie with alien-looking potatoes posed against what appears to be a starry night sky" Charlie Mc Bride, Galway Advertiser, November 15, 2012.
Solanum Tuberosum (right) and Patrick Hogan's photographs (back), Tulca Festival Gallery
Installation photograph, Solanum Tuberosum, Tulca Festival Gallery
I really enjoyed my time in Galway and particularly liked the works of Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly,David Heffer, Patrick Hogan,Joanna Karolini, Emily Richardson,Kelly Richardson, Daniel Steiffert and Brigitte Zieger.
For more on Tulca's programme http://issuu.com/aidenk47/docs/tulca_201…
David Hepher, Durrington Towers I, 2005, Galway Arts Centre