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The Party's Over

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Friday, 15 November 2024 to Saturday, 23 November 2024
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Thursday, 14 November 2024 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Ringing in the season of cracker crowns, colourful balloons and party favours, the sculptures in Doireann Gillan's solo exhibition resemble both symbols of joy and excitement as harbingers of loneliness and nostalgia.

Squeezed, stretched and bent out of shape, discarded industrial materials and soft spheres defy their prescribed functions as negative space and shadows compete with the objects they depend on. Oscillating between rage, restraint and revelry their behaviour and appearance challenge historically gendered attributes.

Gillan's installations act as metaphors for the tension between a desire for happiness and the collapse of the social structures necessary to meet this -for the unachievable aspirations in an era of heightened political and economic precarity.

The Party's Over is a playful provocation to take risks and bring about change.

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Doireann Gillan is an Irish multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, video, painting and performance.

Her thesis Gag. Clench. Wail gained a distinction at the Royal College of Art in London and her work has been widely exhibited. She was longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize2024 and was the recipient of the Women’s Irish Network bursary in2021.

Gillan's practice follows the Irish tradition of blending beauty and humour with themes of struggle and loss.

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The Bomb Factory Art Foundation was established in 2015 by artist Pallas Citroen at its inaugural location in Archway.

Driven by a vision to create an organisation that supports the creation and development of art spaces that support artists and offer the audience a more inclusive experience.

The conviction that art enriches society in transformative ways gave Pallas the impetus to embark on this journey to not only create a vibrant gallery and studio space but also a thriving artistic community.

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