9 Stone artists works at RHA

A number of the 9 stones artists had work selected for the 2012 RHA Open exhibition in Dublin; Eileen MacDonagh, Rachel Joynt, Remco de Fouw, Martin Lyttle and Michelle Byrne. The exhibition opened this weekend.

Martin Lyttle’s latest Kilkenny limestone sculpture ‘Velvet‘ was sold on the opening night!

and big congratulations to Michelle Byrne for her work ‘Journey‘. Michelle was today awarded the Conor/Moran ESB medal for outstanding sculpture. This piece is the small scale model for a public art commission that Michelle is currently undertaking for St Mary’s school in Thomastown.

All 9 stones artists will be exhibiting together in Carlow during the Eigse Festival in Deighton Hall, opening 6pm  9 June, full details here

The Nine Stones Artists to exhibit at Deighton Hall, Carlow for Eigse 2012

‘In a hotly anticipated unveiling of artworks by ‘Nine Stones’ in the mesmerizing Deighton Hall, this is going to be an unusual treat for the more intrepid art lover … and more curious foodie.’

The Nine Stones Artists was formed in 2004.  Its members are professional artists most of whom are based in the foothills of the BlackstairsMountainsin South County Carlow—video artists, printmakers, sculptors, photographers, painters and installation artists.

Cathy Fitzgerald, Gwen Wilkinson, Annabel Konig, Martin Lyttle, Jules Michael, Rachel Joynt, Michelle Byrne, Stephen O Briain, Eileen MacDonagh, Brian Hand, Orla Ryan and Remco de Fouw will occupy and adorn the raw exposed brick hall space of Deighton Hall with some of the most intriguing artworks to have emerged by any art collective in the country.

Note, the proprietors of Lennon’s Restaurant together with the Carlow Brewing Company promise some POP-UP fare* on Tues, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (12, 13, 15 & 16 June)

VENUE: Deighton Hall,Dublin Street, Carlow

OPENING: SATURDAY 9 JUNE, 6-8 PM

DATES: Saturday 9th – Sunday 17th June

Opening hours:  1pm to 7pm daily,
*POP-UP BAR Tues, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (12, 13, 15 & 16 June) 8- until 10 pm

9 Stones Artist Anthony Lyttle to exhibit ‘Accumulation’ at Visual during Eigse 2012

Anthony Lyttle is Eigse’s 2012 selected ’059′ artist  

Anthony Lyttle will create an immersive space within the gallery by making a series of large scale drawings and inter-related smaller works on paper. Central to these drawings is the physical process of making, which involves the endless repetition of the same mark and the ensuing rhythmic energy of repetitive action.

As the drawings evolve, a shadow image forms and assumes a visual influence of the picture plane, resulting in a play of balance between the dominant and the recessive. Obscuring and camouflaging becomes the preoccupation in building a density of marks on the surface of the delicate paper.

Anthony Lyttle was born in Kenya, spending his childhood in Kenya and Ethiopia before moving to Ireland in his teenage years. He studied Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design Dublin and he did his MA in Fine Art Painting at the Byam Shaw, Central St Martins, University of the Arts, London. His recent exhibitions include ‘The white mark’ the Cross Gallery (Dublin) 2011 and ‘Through the Back Door’ Kunstraum (Liechtenstein) 2010. He is currently living in Killedmond in Co Carlow near Mt Leinster. For more info see www.anthonylyttle.com

This exhibition is curated by Denis Roche.

VENUE: Digital Gallery, Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow

OPENING HOURS:

11am-5pm Tuesday– Saturday 

2pm-5pm Sunday

 

9 stones artists exhibit at MFA show at NCAD in Dublin, opens May 3, 2012

9 stones artists Annabel Konig  and Gwen Wilkinson will be exhibiting new work at the Master of Fine Arts end of year show in Dublin later this week.

Details: An exhibition of selected works by 1st Year MFA students, NCAD

 May 3rd – 7th, 2012.

Opening May 3rd @ 6pm

Moxie Studios, Lad Lane,  Dublin 2

9 Stones artists to exhibit in historic Deighton Hall Carlow, for Eigse 2012

Opening Saturday 9 June – 17  2012, the 9 Stones artists are delighted to announce that they will be exhibiting in Deighton Hall Carlow. More details about the opening reception and opening times to follow.

Image Source: Carlow County Library

9 Stones Artists exhibiting this year for Eigse 2012 will be:

Annabel Konig, Michelle Byrne, Gwen Wilkinson,  Jules Michael, Martin Lyttle, Cathy Fitzgerald, Rachel Joynt, Remco DeFouw. (Anthony Lyttle will be exhibiting in the Visual Gallery during Eigse)

Local artists Eileen MacDonagh, Stephen O’Briain, Orla Ryan and Brian Hand will also be exhibiting this year with the 9 Stones Artists.

Some history on Deighton Hall:

Carlow Deighton Memorial Hall in Burrin Street, Carlow was built around the mid 1700′s, and while it’s had a long and varied past, it’s been lying empty and derelict for a number of years. Half of the building was demolished in the 1920′s in order to install bathrooms and a kitchen. It was once used as the county courthouse, a theatre, a ballroom, a meeting place and a cinema.

The building, on the corner of Burrin Street and Kennedy Avenue, Carlow has been sold to a well-known businessman. It was another businessman in 1909, plumber Joseph Deighton, who gave the premises its name and in the late nineteenth century it housed the Deighton Plumbers & Vulcan Foundry & Ironworks. Joseph Deighton later handed the building over to St Mary’s Church of Ireland parish for use as a parochial hall, and in the mid-twentieth century it was used as a ballroom. The Courthouse had been the location of a number of Court martial’s in the aftermath of the 1798 Rebellion in Carlow. Up until the early 1830s this building functioned as the County Courthouse and was the seat of the Grand Jury (forerunner of the County Council). The prisoner holding cells were located in the basement with direct access to the courtroom.

9 Stones Exhibition 2011 – Borris House, Carlow

As part of Eigse Arts Festival 2011 an exhibition of work by members of the 9 Stones Artists group will take place at Borris House, Borris, Co. Carlow from Friday 10th June to Wednesday 15th June.

The exhibition will feature the diverse range of work and mediums practiced by these artists – painting, sculpture, photography, video and drawing. Members of the 9 Stones participating in the exhibition include; Anthony Lyttle, Annabel Konig, Michelle Byrne, Remco de Fouw, Jules Michael, Rachel Joynt, Martin Lyttle, Cathy Fitzgerald and Gwen Wilkinson

Kerry Hardie, poet, will officially open the exhibition on Thursday 9th June at 6pm. Wine and refreshments, generously sponsored by O’Shea’s of Borris, Bar and Supermarket, will be available on opening night.

Exhibition is open to the public daily 11 – 4pm. 10th June – 15th June, 2011. Admission is free.

For further information please contact: gwenwilkinson@eircom.net

For directions to Borris House view www.borrishouse.com