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Laurie Anderson: Anderson playing the neon bow, 1983, black-and-white photograph from United States, 1-4 at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 22.5 x 27.5 cm framed; courtesy Laurie Anderson & Sean Kelly Gallery, New York / Irish Museum of Modern Art

Laurie Anderson: The Record of the Time is the first-ever large-scale exhibition of work from the celebrated American artist Laurie Anderson. Spanning over thirty years, this exhibition brings together over eighty pieces. Anderson has concentrated on music and performance; many of the works on view include large-scale film or video, animation, digital processing, music, electronics and stories - the stories being the constant thread throughout. This exhibition sets out the stages which lead from Anderson’s first creations to her latest audio pieces. Runs to 2 May.

A short hop across the water and The Saatchi Gallery, London, presents to us a year-long look at The Triumph of Painting. Installed in three parts, the exhibition is a survey of some of the most influential painters in the last fifteen years. Part One includes Luc Tuymans, Peter Doig, Hermann Nitsch, Martin Kippenberger, Marlene Dumas and Jurg Immendorff.

The second instalment, and possibly the most exciting, presents some of the lesser-known painters who are nonetheless starting to emerge on the world stage; thirteen artists are on show during the summer, including Cecily Brown, Michael Raedecker, Daniel Richter, Dana Schutz and Franz Ackerman (who will be showing in IMMA during summer 2005).

The third and final show commences in November 2005 and will present thirty-seven of ‘The New Generation’ painters, many of whom are still unknown and present a glimpse into what may be the next focus in painting.

Will Simpson: from Vamps, issue 1, c. 1995, brush and ink, 22.5 x 35.5 cm; © DC Comics; courtesy Millennium Court Arts Centre

Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, presents Sequential Art until 19 March, a mini-retrospective of the internationally acclaimed comic-book artist Will Simpson. This exhibition covers twenty years of Simpson’s career as a professional comic-book illustrator (DC Marvel and 2000AD), as well as fine examples of his work as a storyboard artist, painter and animator. More information can be found on www.millenniumcourt.org.

Patrick Hall: The end of the inferno; courtesy Michael Dempsey, Galway Arts Centre / the artist / RHA; from The West

The West, 11 March - 24 April, is a collaborative project between the RHA and TRIARC, Trinity College, Dublin’s new centre for the study of Irish Art. This two-part exhibition will examine the importance, metaphorical and ecological, that the West of Ireland has had in Irish Art over the past one hundred years. Works to be included are by artists such as Paul Henry, Maurice MacGonigal, Tony O’Malley, Camille Souter and Kathy Prendergast, among others.

Isabel Nolan: Strangely hollow; courtesy Project

Project, Dublin, during March presents the first solo exhibition of Irish artist Isabel Nolan. Nolan’s eclectic practice ranges between drawing, video and sculpture - but with text as a consistently central element. As Nolan is one of the artists to represent the Republic of Ireland in this years Venice Biennial, this show could give us a glimpse of what to expect this summer.

Aideen Barry: Storm reader; scheduled for Granary@The Lough, Cork, 7 August 2005; courtesy Granary Theatre

The Granary Theatre in Cork is to present Bodily Functions a series of live-art events being staged / exhibited in Cork in 2005. re:Production, which works in tandem with Bodily Functions, consists of a series of performance works, each with its own theme, which will be devised, written, rehearsed and performed in the Granary Theatre, artists taking place include Alastair MacLennan, Áine Phillips, Amanda Coogan, Franko B, Aideen Barry and Andre Stitt. Up-to-date information can be found on www.granary.ie.

Tokyo Engeki Ensemble: Lost in a flurry of cherry blossoms, performance shot; courtesy Granary Theatre

Another highlight in their programme occurs on 22 and 23 March with the Tokyo Engeki Ensemble’s Lost in a flurry of cherry blossom. The director, Tsunetoshi Hirowatari, has a reputation for creating visually stunning and physically engrossing theatre, promising that this production in Cork will be something to remember.

Annie Whiles: Bad Chair Day, 2002, embroidery silks, felt, canvas and satin, 56 x 56 cm; courtesy Void

Void, Derry’s newest exhibition space, presents Death is part of the Process? (19 April – 20 May), an exhibition curated by David Mabb. Painting, textiles, video and installation works memorialise the past using imagery such as plant life and pattern. Artists include Jane Harris, Gerard Hemsworth, Kapitza, Bashir Makhoul, Pam Skelton and Annie Whiles.

TURK: a journey of a thousand years 600 - 1600 A.D., at the Royal Academy, London, until 12 April: This extravagant survey of the Turkish empire and its dynasties develops fairly quickly from primitive runic burial stones and carvings into a full-blown saturation of the senses, with objects ranging from intricate arabesque carpets of the Suljuks and Ottomans to ornate Koran stands, painted miniatures and Kaftans that burst with the elaborate beauty of inscription and design. Full of optical pleasures guaranteed to lift you out of any winter stupor.

Dougal McKenzie: Back from Derby (Culloden scene iv), 2004, oil, distemper and charcoal on linen, 156 x 168 cm; courtesy Context Gallery

Context Gallery presents (12 March - 2 April) paintings by Dougal Mckenzie examining the Battle of Culloden. McKenzie’s work ‘re-presents’ and questions the romantic tradition surrounding eighteenth-century European history and culture and in this show examines the battle in 1746 of Jacobite and Hanoverian armies. Also on show in Gallery 2 is video artist Stephen Gunning.

Tim Allen: Painting by numbers, digital print; courtesy Draíocht Arts Centre

Draíocht, Blanchardstown, presents the first solo exhibition of British artist Tim Allen in Ireland. For this show, 31 March to 21 May, Allen has been asked, rather than to present canvases which he is better known for, to experiment with and respond to the main gallery space. Allen is to produce, using digital imaginary derived from his paintings, a wrap-round site-specific printed environment.

Madeleine Boulesteix: from Cork Chandeliers Project, courtesy Triskel Arts Centre

Another exciting site-specific project to be held in various venues around Cork city is The Chandelier Project by Madeleine Boulesteix. Boulesteix started making chandeliers after finding broken glass in rubbish and now liberates mundane items by turning them into chandeliers. Boulesteix will create the ultimate Cork Chandelier with the help of both individuals and groups in Cork city, using the theme ‘Not Entirely Alone’. 15 March - 15 April.

Article reproduced from CIRCA 111, Spring 2005, pp.33–38

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