Linda Quinlan

Linda Quinlan, winner of the 2006 AIB Art Prize Dermot Gleeson, Chairman of the AIB Group, will open this exhibition on Monday 15 October at 6:00pm Publication Launch Friday 14 December 6:00 – 8:00pm Exhibition Dates 16 October to 22 December 2007

Quinlan's installations create compelling narratives that travel rapidly back and forth from the mundane to the marvellous: exploring; collecting; avidly pursuing paths beyond the everyday. One journey that proved crucial to the development of Quinlan's current body of work was a recent residency in Tasmania. Observations and enquiries made during this time prompted such undertakings as the recreation of the event of the 'never seen' comet, this linking also to scientific enterprise which seeks to trap cosmic neutrinos, while also considering the mysterious case of the thylacine, a wilderness animal hunted into extinction by settlers, but one that remains an enduring focus as sightings continue to be reported.

A publication accompanying this exhibition will be launched in December. Texts include an essay by writer and critic Sally O'Reilly, a narrative by musician Cathal Coughlan, and a fictional conversation between the artist and Dr. Eric Guiller. Quinlan has also invited four artists and the publication's designer to respond to a watercolour painting found at an antique shop in Hobart. This project will be created specifically for presentation within the publication. Contributors to this project include Anna Barham (UK), David Joyce (IRL), Lorna McIntyre (UK), Giles Round (UK), and Lee Welch (IRL).

Linda Quinlan is an artist based in Dublin. Exhibitions in 2007 include a group exhibition at the Douglas Hyde Galley, the new acquisitions exhibition at the Irish Modern Museum of Art, and an exhibition at the Long Gallery, Tasmania. She is currently on a three-year residency in Temple Bar Gallery & Studios and a member of the board. She is a part-time lecturer in Fine Art at The Dublin Institute of Technology. Her work is in the collection of IMMA and The Irish Arts Council.

Linda Quinlan
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