https://kevincallaghan.ie Kevin Callaghan Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:19:26 +0000 https://kevincallaghan.ie en https://kevincallaghan.ie/Home Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:19:26 +0000 Kevin Callaghan https://kevincallaghan.ie/Home https://kevincallaghan.ie/Are-We-Here Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:17:12 +0000 Kevin Callaghan https://kevincallaghan.ie/Are-We-Here <img width="1512" height="2016" width_o="1512" height_o="2016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60d67cfece7f61ac76ce141b03df2551ce9ba227086e7347632e6bff43c5705b/Are-we-here-2021.jpg" data-mid="117479071" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60d67cfece7f61ac76ce141b03df2551ce9ba227086e7347632e6bff43c5705b/Are-we-here-2021.jpg" /> <img width="2800" height="4200" width_o="2800" height_o="4200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de551cc8ea1ddd1190febd370aa3f12e450824574146e0dc7c1bb41ea863be04/Landmark_050521_197.jpg" data-mid="117488047" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de551cc8ea1ddd1190febd370aa3f12e450824574146e0dc7c1bb41ea863be04/Landmark_050521_197.jpg" /> <img width="2758" height="4134" width_o="2758" height_o="4134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee1e723dbc27360287fb999b7038fd2eacea802a52077fd1709fbf7a60f6a22b/Landmark_050521_084.jpg" data-mid="117488053" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee1e723dbc27360287fb999b7038fd2eacea802a52077fd1709fbf7a60f6a22b/Landmark_050521_084.jpg" /> Are We Here? Are We Here (2021), a site-based, 4.6-meter-tall sculpture by Kevin Callaghan commissioned by Sky Arts on the occasion of the new series Landmark, explores the notion of utopia and our proximity to it. With an ongoing interest in geometry and the potential for multiple realities, Callaghan invites viewers into a future-minded meditation on hope and potentiality via Are We Here. Five is the foundational integer of this towering stainless steel sculpture, starting with a pentagonal plinth energetically tilted to one side, narrowing to a point midway where an explosion of five-sided shapes proliferate and seem to climb atop one another.&nbsp; Are We Here thus blooms from the constraints of set parameters—a single base, a building block of five-sided shapes—into a teeming, rhizomatic cluster ecstatically reaching for the sky. Inspired in part by the utopian philosophy of Ernst Bloch, the distinct registers in Are We Here—the black plinth contrasted with the profusion of blue pentagons above—echo the universe’s trajectory from its primordial beginnings to its utopian end point. Bloch conceived of this transition as one driven by our “hunger” for that which is not-yet-become, but which does exist as a concrete possibility that we might will into existence. Indeed, a palpable hunger for a place that exists in potentia appears to drive the upward thrust of Callaghan’s Are We Here: This hunger reaches a fever pitch at the pinched center of this sculpture, before releasing a burgeon of thought and possibility that could seemingly continue its expansion into infinity. The artist also spurs us to ask the titular question, “Are we here?” It’s a question that suggests we are on a journey, and, in addition to hunger for our destination, conjures hope—hope for real freedom and space to realize our multitude of potentialities. If “here” is not yet utopia, it is at least a space where we might imagine, hope for, and build our future. Utopia and potentiality have permeated Callaghan’s practice, which spans ceramics, painting, photography, and installation. Are We Here is the progenitor of the artist’s new series of sculptural interrogations of space and form; and, as the first and largest of this endeavor, Are We Here punctuates Callaghan’s work and represents a turning point onto new possibilities. Callaghan holds a masters form the Royal College of Art in London. He has exhibited his work widely, most recently with a solo exhibition GOMA Gallery of Modern Art in Waterford, Ireland. In the summer of 2021, he was an artist in residence at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, and his next solo exhibition will be held at Stallan-Brand Gallery in Glasgow in the fall of 2021. https://kevincallaghan.ie/Rare-Earthenware Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:17:13 +0000 Kevin Callaghan https://kevincallaghan.ie/Rare-Earthenware Rare Earthen -ware Rare Earthenware - Toby Smith .Unknown Fields Division with Ceramicist/Artist Kevin Callaghan, 2014–5 black stoneware and radioactive mine tailings ©Toby Smith While journeys to extraordinary places are the cornerstone of luxury travel, this project follows more well-conceale journeys taking place across global supply chains. It retraces rare earthelements, which are widely used in high end electronics and green technologies, to their origins. The film, developed with photographer Toby Smith, documents their voyage from container ships and ports, wholesalers and factories, back to the banks of a barely-liquid radioactive lake in Inner Mongolia, where the refining process takes place. Unknown Fields Division, in collaboration with Kevin Callaghan, have used mud from this lake to craft a set of three ceramic vessels. Each is sized in relation to the amount of waste created in the production of three items of technology: - a smartphone&nbsp;-a featherweight laptop - the cell of a smart car battery The resulting film and 3 vases were displayed at the V&amp;A in April 2015. &nbsp; <img width="2154" height="1494" width_o="2154" height_o="1494" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bbcbb311339b28a9ede94a2650a2312ff7cba3d7e66dc506b929a6676a488be0/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.44.01.png" data-mid="117479091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bbcbb311339b28a9ede94a2650a2312ff7cba3d7e66dc506b929a6676a488be0/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.44.01.png" /> <img width="2466" height="1504" width_o="2466" height_o="1504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31842016e3bec2bd42cfd8b92d3e159300db3abb339e291a2f864748c6de0ae0/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.43.54.png" data-mid="117479094" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31842016e3bec2bd42cfd8b92d3e159300db3abb339e291a2f864748c6de0ae0/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.43.54.png" /> <img width="2700" height="1496" width_o="2700" height_o="1496" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd3270b4eef9538b8e7747101439005ce8f4397d50b59f09e582b4bcb13e6e4a/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.43.04.png" data-mid="117479090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd3270b4eef9538b8e7747101439005ce8f4397d50b59f09e582b4bcb13e6e4a/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.43.04.png" /> <img width="2834" height="1484" width_o="2834" height_o="1484" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7c8906624b1a1b3bd6eb5db925b17ecbe895def4edbfb45309eeb32647f8237/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.48.53.png" data-mid="117479096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7c8906624b1a1b3bd6eb5db925b17ecbe895def4edbfb45309eeb32647f8237/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.48.53.png" /> <img width="2846" height="884" width_o="2846" height_o="884" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ac601b6b312808ac3b162824a085c8820b843c27afed25bf4a53abd1d7b609e/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.49.05.png" data-mid="117479095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ac601b6b312808ac3b162824a085c8820b843c27afed25bf4a53abd1d7b609e/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.49.05.png" /> <img width="2270" height="1576" width_o="2270" height_o="1576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c33d2b41198eb9c9ea1521403d244b947d9c69cab124eba2bc5a65612b219976/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.41.54.png" data-mid="117479089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c33d2b41198eb9c9ea1521403d244b947d9c69cab124eba2bc5a65612b219976/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.41.54.png" /> <img width="1984" height="1496" width_o="1984" height_o="1496" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0b8bddf6ac6fa14fc9d5ced0432dc1759adce8c9d594a3eac1ca1b624efdf60/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.43.16.png" data-mid="117479092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0b8bddf6ac6fa14fc9d5ced0432dc1759adce8c9d594a3eac1ca1b624efdf60/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-14.43.16.png" /> https://kevincallaghan.ie/Back-of-Society Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:17:17 +0000 Kevin Callaghan https://kevincallaghan.ie/Back-of-Society Back of Society &nbsp; &nbsp; Wood + Paint. &nbsp; These geometric paintings are made from wood and paint, each piece is coloured differently, with combinations of intersecting parallel lines. By merging geometrical patterns and different chromatic ranges, these wall pieces are intended by the artist as an exploration into form and colour to create a new aesthetical singularity. <img width="2876" height="2876" width_o="2876" height_o="2876" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/636d6bccedde023aac20526ba3e8983f989e292abd7d38a2685cef3b50df9cf1/Back-of-Society-H-47-X-W-45-X-D-1.5-cm-Year-2019.-Materials.-Paint--wood.jpg" data-mid="117479178" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/636d6bccedde023aac20526ba3e8983f989e292abd7d38a2685cef3b50df9cf1/Back-of-Society-H-47-X-W-45-X-D-1.5-cm-Year-2019.-Materials.-Paint--wood.jpg" /> <img width="3192" height="3192" width_o="3192" height_o="3192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3404552ce943d7cf4ee239b991fdcbd7f3fd457f528d1b6f576f1b14674ba935/Back-of-Society-H-48-X-W-47-X-D-1.5-cm.-Year-2019.-Materials-Paint--wood.jpg" data-mid="117479173" border="0" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a55acc8e6d402f552e7f4f83b429cca45096af29a79436a2fb13afa29012cfd/Back-of-Society-H-48-X-W-48-X-D-1.5-cm-Year-2019.-Materials-Paint--wood...jpg" /> <img width="3067" height="3067" width_o="3067" height_o="3067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d64963ae5484665930cd6d6a63ed82f46017966fd2b772e2cce384292660cec/Back-of-Society-H-47-X-W-45-X-D-1.5-cm-Year-2019.-Materials-Paint--wood.jpg" data-mid="117479177" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d64963ae5484665930cd6d6a63ed82f46017966fd2b772e2cce384292660cec/Back-of-Society-H-47-X-W-45-X-D-1.5-cm-Year-2019.-Materials-Paint--wood.jpg" /> https://kevincallaghan.ie/New-Form Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:17:18 +0000 Kevin Callaghan https://kevincallaghan.ie/New-Form New Form <img width="4124" height="2945" width_o="4124" height_o="2945" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b27b08edbb2549e86d95e1f8f535b3e07c1d4645b0a5751a01a03196e0c5abe/KCondy-Sculpt-101.jpg" data-mid="117479184" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b27b08edbb2549e86d95e1f8f535b3e07c1d4645b0a5751a01a03196e0c5abe/KCondy-Sculpt-101.jpg" /> The perception and imagination of the viewer becomes part of the art in New Form, a recent series of ceramic sculptures by Kevin Callaghan. From a distance, one might see these works as the walls of a village, and imagine these structures as the potential mock-ups for a utopian city, or perhaps as otherworldly buildings that defy practicality. Up close, these small sculptures—each of which is constructed within the constraints of its 30-by-30 centimeter base — draw the viewer in, with porous texture and unexpected nooks where the mind can wander. In their modular construction and geometric forms, Kevin’s works are reminiscent of Minimalism, and similarly call upon the viewer to appreciate the fundamental physical relationships between planes, materials, light, and shadow. Kevin has exhibited his work widely, with a recent exhibition of New Form at GOMA Gallery of Modern Art in Waterford, Ireland, and has just completed a residency at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris. Text: Bethney Fincher (Saatchi Art)Photos: Malcolm McGettigan <img width="3934" height="2810" width_o="3934" height_o="2810" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7f9cd4f90242993c529663bf026976a884144ed3bd6008875590bc015736fe6/KCondy-Sculpt-201.jpg" data-mid="117479186" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7f9cd4f90242993c529663bf026976a884144ed3bd6008875590bc015736fe6/KCondy-Sculpt-201.jpg" /> <img width="4336" height="3097" width_o="4336" height_o="3097" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a0cac07cba4e900bf5fa0e8930be9e5460a943bbbeeb08b3fc02a6c93a37aa9/KCondy-Sculpt-301.jpg" data-mid="117479187" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a0cac07cba4e900bf5fa0e8930be9e5460a943bbbeeb08b3fc02a6c93a37aa9/KCondy-Sculpt-301.jpg" /> <img width="4044" height="2888" width_o="4044" height_o="2888" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/623415bafd46e7198c608305a40825c4d14535cc1f370da9fe9c6f6dcc5838c5/KCondy-Sculpt-502.jpg" data-mid="117479189" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/623415bafd46e7198c608305a40825c4d14535cc1f370da9fe9c6f6dcc5838c5/KCondy-Sculpt-502.jpg" /> <img width="4101" height="2929" width_o="4101" height_o="2929" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/590ef49dfe60ef2bd33532bf6a7ffdb341fc5633cd66725f82bfa773fd83d14a/KCondy-Sculpt-404.jpg" data-mid="117479188" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/590ef49dfe60ef2bd33532bf6a7ffdb341fc5633cd66725f82bfa773fd83d14a/KCondy-Sculpt-404.jpg" /> <img width="4036" height="2883" width_o="4036" height_o="2883" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c94067d0ad0d506e5be32c3338d0814224b1820a14dc69eca9c5621b26336ef/KCondy-Sculpt-603b.jpg" data-mid="117479190" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c94067d0ad0d506e5be32c3338d0814224b1820a14dc69eca9c5621b26336ef/KCondy-Sculpt-603b.jpg" /> <img width="4136" height="2954" width_o="4136" height_o="2954" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf57cc23910cabe1cfedf71087b24bea8c34bca63440926dfb6f59591b1cf2d8/KCondy-Sculpt-703b.jpg" data-mid="117479191" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf57cc23910cabe1cfedf71087b24bea8c34bca63440926dfb6f59591b1cf2d8/KCondy-Sculpt-703b.jpg" /> <img width="4118" height="2942" width_o="4118" height_o="2942" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4161f48c307a9cfe63582c5e5f87be5667ca7bd6db6f6c9ef6a1f073b448cc7a/KCondy-Sculpt-801.jpg" data-mid="117479192" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4161f48c307a9cfe63582c5e5f87be5667ca7bd6db6f6c9ef6a1f073b448cc7a/KCondy-Sculpt-801.jpg" /> https://kevincallaghan.ie/Soaring-away-from-the-home-planet Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:17:22 +0000 Kevin Callaghan https://kevincallaghan.ie/Soaring-away-from-the-home-planet soaring away from home <img width="2048" height="3072" width_o="2048" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90332c3f66958b42554082b8d6534e95cc858ae3d9ffba89b2a9da3543799511/Soaring Away at High speeds 2 2012_o.jpg" data-mid="117479229" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90332c3f66958b42554082b8d6534e95cc858ae3d9ffba89b2a9da3543799511/Soaring Away at High speeds 2 2012_o.jpg" /> <img width="714" height="1097" width_o="714" height_o="1097" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/781f864427d214e8e52784b04d6a29fb27a25b1302c78cf6beb3340fb1755a68/Soaring Away at High Speeds 2012_o.jpg" data-mid="117479230" border="0" data-scale="35" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/714/i/781f864427d214e8e52784b04d6a29fb27a25b1302c78cf6beb3340fb1755a68/Soaring Away at High Speeds 2012_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="3231" width_o="2048" height_o="3231" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88fc5f283afdeb61c7c20861a35f8a96b7162846340c4ea02a87775a85974ed8/Soaring Away at High speedy 1 2012_o.jpg" data-mid="117479231" border="0" data-scale="42.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88fc5f283afdeb61c7c20861a35f8a96b7162846340c4ea02a87775a85974ed8/Soaring Away at High speedy 1 2012_o.jpg" /> https://kevincallaghan.ie/Back-to-Planet-Earth Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:17:23 +0000 Kevin Callaghan https://kevincallaghan.ie/Back-to-Planet-Earth Back To Planet Earth These series of object were made on a masters at The Royal College of Art 2011/13, an MA in Ceramics and Glass. The objects are slip-cast, glazed and treated with colour. The process used here to slip-cast uses glass equipment to cut and polish the bisc earthenware ceramic. The parts of the object are glazed and fired, then assembled. The research into these objects start with an interest in Si-Fi and the third dimensions of time and space that we see ourselves in.They also explore a deep interest in univeral principles and the cosmos at large.&nbsp; <img width="2381" height="3568" width_o="2381" height_o="3568" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c59ea96617de6034f0cb13f9f9060d55cac51669023dcaf95f203a035ec59867/Back to planet earth copy_o.jpg" data-mid="117479240" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c59ea96617de6034f0cb13f9f9060d55cac51669023dcaf95f203a035ec59867/Back to planet earth copy_o.jpg" /> <img width="3033" height="1810" width_o="3033" height_o="1810" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0bdfa5488ba07777555b9563547dd674750477d2fb06a049c52a99325624397/For website 2_o.jpg" data-mid="117479241" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0bdfa5488ba07777555b9563547dd674750477d2fb06a049c52a99325624397/For website 2_o.jpg" /> <img width="3051" height="2054" width_o="3051" height_o="2054" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d82021d382ea1c69f2f972af955056b5bf732fa8f5446634f1001f8a8ba5b0d/For website_o.jpg" data-mid="117479242" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d82021d382ea1c69f2f972af955056b5bf732fa8f5446634f1001f8a8ba5b0d/For website_o.jpg" /> <img width="2823" height="1884" width_o="2823" height_o="1884" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3579d8ed43315b42e737822b70de03e3776ed62cad168984cbb2beb5a0b365a/For website 3_o.jpg" data-mid="117479243" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3579d8ed43315b42e737822b70de03e3776ed62cad168984cbb2beb5a0b365a/For website 3_o.jpg" /> <img width="2713" height="2197" width_o="2713" height_o="2197" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af6aa9d6218c8e91d389e04552cc204484c9a8ed3416fd98940fc1dab3194c8c/For Wesite 1_o.jpg" data-mid="117479245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af6aa9d6218c8e91d389e04552cc204484c9a8ed3416fd98940fc1dab3194c8c/For Wesite 1_o.jpg" /> <img width="1783" height="1190" width_o="1783" height_o="1190" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38b0c5fef19a61868e390d316ff295ee92c9d1931dc9116eb823f54ee0649356/Travel 1 website2_o.jpg" data-mid="117479246" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38b0c5fef19a61868e390d316ff295ee92c9d1931dc9116eb823f54ee0649356/Travel 1 website2_o.jpg" /> <img width="3624" height="2418" width_o="3624" height_o="2418" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b86e22d8a26c404add0f6c8eb579c56e8132f113f3f3a2f9c4eaa11e295f1f3/Travel copy_o.jpg" data-mid="117479248" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b86e22d8a26c404add0f6c8eb579c56e8132f113f3f3a2f9c4eaa11e295f1f3/Travel copy_o.jpg" /> https://kevincallaghan.ie/Off-The-Planet Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:17:23 +0000 Kevin Callaghan https://kevincallaghan.ie/Off-The-Planet Off the Planet These series of object were made on a masters at The Royal College of Art 2011/13, an MA in Ceramics and Glass. The objects are slip-cast, glazed and treated with colour. The process used here to slip-cast uses glass equipment to cut and polish the bisc earthenware ceramic. The parts of the object are glazed and fired, then assembled. The research into these objects start with an interest in Si-Fi and the third dimensions of time and space that we see ourselves in.They also explore a deep interest in univeral principles and the cosmos at large. <img width="2048" height="1362" width_o="2048" height_o="1362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/520b234d96040ff0e0c516399136305d3ac42ad1bf9015e192c47544bd4abb02/Off the Planet 2 2012_o.jpg" data-mid="117479233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/520b234d96040ff0e0c516399136305d3ac42ad1bf9015e192c47544bd4abb02/Off the Planet 2 2012_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1362" width_o="2048" height_o="1362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d9b45443a272ab19e7da492b79e94e66d8c3f7fd5749420293254256d145a48/Off the Planet 1 2012_o.jpg" data-mid="117479234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d9b45443a272ab19e7da492b79e94e66d8c3f7fd5749420293254256d145a48/Off the Planet 1 2012_o.jpg" /> <img width="2422" height="2570" width_o="2422" height_o="2570" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e04f3ab5991d5d06623594f161a70deaef45ac8bb24fbb46871db19de932d688/copy 1_o.jpg" data-mid="117479237" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e04f3ab5991d5d06623594f161a70deaef45ac8bb24fbb46871db19de932d688/copy 1_o.jpg" /> <img width="2422" height="2570" width_o="2422" height_o="2570" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/247e0d4cf4df3111d2491d1515d2495ab0dde499cc8a915fe29626e392b8a951/ copy_o.jpg" data-mid="117479235" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/247e0d4cf4df3111d2491d1515d2495ab0dde499cc8a915fe29626e392b8a951/ copy_o.jpg" /> <img width="2422" height="2570" width_o="2422" height_o="2570" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff2059cdd709e836c0635cfca4addbdfe8428c199a013a133801993aebaab475/copy_o.jpg" data-mid="117479238" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff2059cdd709e836c0635cfca4addbdfe8428c199a013a133801993aebaab475/copy_o.jpg" /> <img width="2424" height="2499" width_o="2424" height_o="2499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55f0dc29bd75a37bbceede62b4139e7858116c98667442809b60d7d439a5eb06/copy 1_4_o.jpg" data-mid="117479239" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55f0dc29bd75a37bbceede62b4139e7858116c98667442809b60d7d439a5eb06/copy 1_4_o.jpg" /> https://kevincallaghan.ie/Quite-Similar-But-Actually-Very-Different Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:17:19 +0000 Kevin Callaghan https://kevincallaghan.ie/Quite-Similar-But-Actually-Very-Different Quite similar but actually very different Quite similar but actually very different, a solo exhibition by Glasgow based artist, Kevin Callaghan, is a responsive multimedia installation comprising new works in clay and wood that advances the artist’s ongoing inquiry into the interplay between form and consciousness, and the potential for experiencing alternative realities. Callaghan takes the audience on a sensorial journey exploring the gap between form and its potentiality. For this purpose, the artist presents within the space two different types of microstructure designed to stimulate both the viewer’s intellect and their emotions. In the middle of the room, eight clay sculptures are displayed on minimal black plinths of varying shapes. The uneven and porous texture of the clay is carefully worked to create a uniform surface similar to that which would be achieved through a mechanical process of production. The architectural aspect of these sculptures makes them appear like scaled down models that are suggestive of certain structures: a room; a public square; a city. On the wall, twelve geometric paintings are on show. Made of wood, each piece is coloured differently, with combinations of intersecting parallel lines. By merging geometrical patterns and different chromatic ranges, these wall pieces are intended by the artist as an exploration into form and colour to create a new aesthetical singularity. A lo-fi sound installation permeates the exhibition space. With its phonographic imperfections and fluctuating trends, the music builds a dialogue with the rational and emotional stimuli engendered by both the clay sculptures and the wall pieces. &nbsp;<img width="2016" height="1512" width_o="2016" height_o="1512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd019727964f5c012c5b8def05b8a7b7e1fa7f3573b5dc01694d6586dab18975/Exhibition-An-Gailearia-Donegal-2020.JPG" data-mid="117479197" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd019727964f5c012c5b8def05b8a7b7e1fa7f3573b5dc01694d6586dab18975/Exhibition-An-Gailearia-Donegal-2020.JPG" />Quite similar but actually very different is a sensorial installation based on a new emotional understanding of form that invites intricate and flexible possibilities. Through this visual process of simultaneous stasis and transfiguration, the installation connects to the audience on an immediate, physical level and creates a spatial and sonic landscape rich in sensory and poetic association. https://kevincallaghan.ie/Titan-series Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:17:21 +0000 Kevin Callaghan https://kevincallaghan.ie/Titan-series Titan Series H 16 cm x W 38 x D 19 cm These series of object were made on a masters at The Royal College of Art 2011/13, an MA in Ceramics and Glass. The objects are slip-cast, glazed and treated with colour. The process used here to slip-cast uses glass equipment to cut and polish the bisc earthenware ceramic. The parts of the object are glazed and fired, then assembled. The research into these objects start with an interest in Si-Fi and the third dimensions of time and space that we see ourselves in. They also explore a deep interest in univeral principles and the cosmos at large. <img width="3456" height="3456" width_o="3456" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84905e7d3f558dd7d2a00fcf21153a2b3a5478e57cb9cdcf3bfda7154212c1f0/Titan-3.jpg" data-mid="117479212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84905e7d3f558dd7d2a00fcf21153a2b3a5478e57cb9cdcf3bfda7154212c1f0/Titan-3.jpg" /> <img width="3453" height="3453" width_o="3453" height_o="3453" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96835c85e03aff80a25dc17ff578fa0cea180cf6487c27ab3d31dff3c3f9b435/Titan-4.jpg" data-mid="117479213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96835c85e03aff80a25dc17ff578fa0cea180cf6487c27ab3d31dff3c3f9b435/Titan-4.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="3264" width_o="3264" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc2c48fb6a5db8d4b9c5ff4c3cb96b0d32ccff43c4dcecb93c29539746499e7b/Titan-1.jpg" data-mid="117479215" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc2c48fb6a5db8d4b9c5ff4c3cb96b0d32ccff43c4dcecb93c29539746499e7b/Titan-1.jpg" /> <img width="3504" height="3504" width_o="3504" height_o="3504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f836143e051167a8709f1b1c5e9921b311d49ded3453865f3a916aeebb231b9d/Titan-5.jpg" data-mid="117479214" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f836143e051167a8709f1b1c5e9921b311d49ded3453865f3a916aeebb231b9d/Titan-5.jpg" /> <img width="5000" height="3311" width_o="5000" height_o="3311" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d08fe847d1d301b0afa6b4b62eade1dea3c7f67e1b5b6508226fb4089d930d27/Titan-2_o.jpg" data-mid="117479216" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d08fe847d1d301b0afa6b4b62eade1dea3c7f67e1b5b6508226fb4089d930d27/Titan-2_o.jpg" />