Closer to Paradise

Photo: Kelly O'Connor


Photo: Dave Ruffles


Photo: Kelly O'Connor


Photo: Kelly O'Connor


Photo: Dave Ruffles



G126 Presents:

Closer to Paradise

An exhibition by Moxie artists:
Hannah Doyle and Michael Murphy

June 5th - July 5th

Opening reception: Thursday June 5th, 7pm

Closer to Paradise features new installation work by Hannah Doyle and Michael Murphy. Both are members of Moxie Dublin, an art collective that was founded in 2006 which serves as a platform for emerging artists.

Michael Murphy's work is characterised by a transformation of everyday materials into sculptural works through a laborious process of fabrication. Moxie co-founder Hannah Doyle creates fantasy worlds in miniature, combining multi-layered islands of vibrant colour with children's toys and grandma's kitsch.

Hannah Doyle and Michael Murphy have worked together on a number of collaborative installations including Open Systems, as part of a group show in the Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, and Better on the shelf than in the wrong cupboard for The Lab, Dublin

G126 is the only democratically run artist-led gallery in the west of Ireland. A not-for-profit organization, G126 offers an alternative to museums and commercial galleries.


www.g126.eu
www.moxiedublin.com
www.hannahdoyle.net


G126, Ballybane Ind Est, Tuam Rd, Galway, Ireland
+353 (0)91 761626
Gallery hours: Thursday - Saturday, 12 - 5 pm

Head or Tail

G126 with Pallas Contemporary Projects present:


Head or Tail
Contemporary video works from Thailand

OPENING: Thursday May 29th 7pm
Runs through May 31st

FEATURES: Nawapol, Santipab Inkong namg, Nontawa, Suchada Sirithanawuddhi, Nitipong Thinthubthai, Jakrawal, Sathit Satarasart, Suthirat Supaparinya, Patomporn Tesprateep, Olarn Netrangsri, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Olarn Netrangsri, Shane Bunnak, Kraisak Chunahawan.

Head or Tail was first exhibited in Dublin in Pallas Contemporary Projects in 2007, organised by PCP and Project 304. This the second exclusive screening of the exhibition in Ireland of new video by young Thai artists, and a new exciting linking between Pallas [Dublin] and G126 [Galway] and Project 304 [Bangkok].

"Head or Tail" or "Hua rua Goy" is the term that Thais use to describe the uncertainty of the situation or simply to gambling with the future. Of course, one will be a winner and one will walk away a loser. With the South East Asian political style, one never know the future from the past or past from the present. Lives go on no matter who or what will be declaring the "Leader" of this exotic Oriental paradise.

This collection of media and video works has been created by generation that has been immune by the changes both subtle and dramatic. The new technologies are their friends and information is their "teachers" those flashing on the monitors or on the dials of their mobile phones. There is a great deal the yearning for the past and their definition of the "past" ranges from a few hours ago to yesterday those to them, sounded like a fairy tales.

G126, Ballybane Ind Est, Tuam Rd, Galway, Ireland
Gallery hours: Thursday - Saturday, 12 - 5 pm

www.g126.eu
www.pallasprojects.org
www.project304.org