Past Residents
Past Resident2011: Arts Council of Ireland
Paul Murnaghan
Situated between belief, knowledge, and faith, and drawing on the generosity of exchange, Paul Murnaghan’s practice investigates fragmentary points of intersection between spiritual, scientific, and psychological phenomena. His work considers an aesthetic of empirical faith and frequently attempts to re-inhabit thinking that has lost contemporary credibility. The results of these actions manifest through a multitude of forms and disciplines. Recent projects have employed air, hypnotic regression, and rumour as integral components.
Paul Murnaghan is an Irish artist living in Dublin. Recent exhibitions include, Video Killed the Radio Star at The Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin and Memorious as part of MOPE at The Kunsti Museum of Modern Art in Vaasa, Finland. Murnaghan has exhibited extensively, including group shows in the Philippines and United Sates and solo exhibitions in Finland, Estonia, Germany, and Ireland. His projects such Neocredo (an attempt to write a universal hymn) and Memorious (the selling of his personal memory capacity) also traveled to Sweden and Slovenia. Murnaghan includes curating as part of his practice, and he is currently curator at Place Gallery in Gorey, Co. Wexford, Ireland. He conceived and co-curated This Must Be The Place at IMOCA in Dublin in 2009, and he was the founder and Artistic Director of 5th Gallery at Guinness Storehouse.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Paul Murnaghan and Robert Salanda
September 27, 2011
Paul Murnaghan, ‘A Line Describing Nothings’, (Images/Text Rendered From The Past Lives Of 10 Hypnotically Regressed Volunteers), 2008, Pencil and marker on paper, 590 × 60 in. (1498.6 × 152.4 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Paul Murnaghan, Somehow You Knew That This Was Coming, 2010, Air, painted Inflatables, cord, antique weight, audiotape, spotlight, and floor fan, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Paul Murnaghan, Map of The Empire, Video. Courtesy of the artist.
Paul Murnaghan, Song Of Songs I, 2010, 75 distinctly indigenous bottles of coke, antique cabinet, and red Christmas lights, 26 × 26 × 13 in. (66.04 × 66.04 × 33.02 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2011: ATI - The Arts and Theatre Institute
Jan Haubelt
Czech artist Jan Haubelt investigates identity and illusion in his work, and is interested in shifts in both mental and sensual reality. He builds site-specific installations that are often formally tied to an environment, relying on photographic documentation to share the work. Haubelt plays with the relationship between three-dimensional objects and their photographic reproductions, focusing on illusions in perception. He creates mechanically manipulated pictures, or visual puzzles, that function on the principles of a scenography.
Jan Haubelt (born 1977) is a founding member of the Ládví group. He studied Sculpture at the Academy of Art, Architecture, and Design in Prague and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He participated in study and residency programs in Athens in 2005 and in London in 2010. Haubelt’s work has been shown in group exhibitions in Hungary and Italy, as well as at the Prague Biennale 4 in 2009 and Prague Quadrennial in 2011.
Jan Haubelt, Gym, 2007, Color photograph, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Jan Haubelt, Set I, 2011, Color photograph, 351/2 × 231/2 in. (90.17 × 59.69 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jan Haubelt, Set III, 2010, Color photograph, 111/2 × 81/4 in. (29.21 × 20.95 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jan Haubelt, Same Picture, Texture and color wall painting, c-print, and frames, installation view, 370 × 177 in. (939.8 × 449.58 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jan Haubelt, Toby’s Vision, 2007, Stuffed roebuck life-size. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Czech Republic
Past Resident2011: Arts Council Korea
Weontae An
Weontae An’s work is steeped in traditional Korean ink painting and calligraphic technique. An takes natural landscape as his subject matter, transforming the actual landscape into abstraction. Through his work, An explores the connections between humans and their surroundings, cognizant of the fact that all constructs—man, tree, grass, concrete, water—are organically connected with one another.
Weontae An (born 1971, Jin-hae, South Korea) moved to Seoul in 1998 where he graduated from Hong-ik University. An participated in the Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship program in Umbertide, Italy, in 2008, and the National Art Studio (Changdong Art studio) program in South Korea from 2005-2006. Recent solo shows include Negative landscape 2 at the Nowon Art Center, Seoul, 2009; Coesistenza at Sala Di Sogni Gallery, Rome, 2008; Negative 山水 at La-merGallery, Seoul, 2007; Negative San-su at Changdong Art Studio, Seoul, 2006; and Tree in the Water at Doll Gallery, Seoul, 2005. Group exhibitions include R․O․C & Korean Ink Paintings at the Arts Center Kyeonggi, Suwon, South Korea, 2008; National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, 2007; and Oriental New Image, Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, 2007.
Weontae An, Soul, 2009, Indian ink and red ink on Korean paper, 643/16 × 52 in. (163.07 × 132.08 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Weontae An, Winters Sleep - Cavalcade, 2009, Indian ink and red ink on Korean paper, 643/16 × 52 in. (163.07 × 132.08 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Weontae An, Winters Sleep, 2006, Flow su muk on Korean paper, 1161/8 × 885/8 in. (294.89 × 225.04 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Weontae An, Winter Sleep Ruin, 2006, Sumuk on Korean paper, 63 × 51 in. (160.02 × 129.54 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Weontae An, Winters Village, 2005, Sumuk on Korean paper, 276 × 70 in. (701.04 × 177.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
