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Virtu - Art - Exhibition - South West Cork Delights @ Doswell Gallery
Exhibiting Artists - South West Cork Delights @ Doswell Gallery are as follows...
Kathryn Best, Martha Cashman, Shay Cunningham, Philomena Howe, Joy Carmen, Sally Kearney, Susanne Leutenegger, Brian Lunn, Avril McDermott, Mary Murphy, Maureen O'Connor, Maree O'Sullivan, David Seeger, Karin Smith, Tony Smith, Sylk, Nick Taylor, Alison trim, Gert J. Van Mannen, Jorge Ruiz Villasante, Ros Web, and Jenni White.
For those artists with web presence here we offer you a link to check them out. Does not contain exhibition submission, for that you will have to wait for the Exhibition - South West Cork Delights @ Doswell on Wednesday 17th March 2010 15:00
Exhibiting Artists @ South West Cork Delights @ Doswell 17 March - 12 April
- Kathryn Best Experiments with Dry Pigments
- Martha Cashman, Ceramic and Pocelain Sculpture
- Martha Cashman, Sculptural Ceramics
- Shay CunninghamContemporary artwork
- Susanne Leutenegger Contemporary Artists
- Mary Murphy Contemporary Artist
- David Seeger Ceramic Sculpture
- David Seeger Exhibition "Black Hole" Series
- Karin Smith Photographs - West Cork Sunsets
- Tony Smith Leaded Art Glass
- Nick TaylorInterview with Virtu Art
- Van Maanen Studio Gert J v Maanen
- Gert J van Maanen Raindrops!!... A Touch of Irish Landscapes
- Art Crime Fraudulent copies of Gert J Van Maanen's artwork
- Jorge Ruiz Villasante jorumavi photography
- Ros Web Art Online Art Gallery
- Ros Web
- Jenni White Water Colourist
Virtu - Art are pleased to announce this unique opportunity to the artistic community of West Cork. The exhibition will run from St. Patricks Day, Wednesday 17th March until Monday 12th April. This exhibition will be unique as it will provide not only the REAL time exhibition at Doswell Gallery but also a Virtual exhibition on the Virtu - Art web site, thus giving the exhibitors and visitors to the Gallery the opportunity to view a comprehensive display of West Cork Art. The online exhibition of South West Cork Delights will be available at 12 Noon of Wednesday 17th March.
The official opening @ Doswell Gallery will take place on Wednesday afternoon on 17th March at 15:00 to 18:00. Informational Exhibition leaflets will be available for those that attend the exhibition.
Ambient music played by well known traditional flute player Garry Walsh who will be playing a selection of West Cork tunes throughout the afternoon of the opening. We hope to engage the visitor to the exhibition visually and acoustically with a combination of sensory delights.
Interesting Facts about exhibiting artists
Virtu - Art has gathered a few interesting facts about the exhibiting artists for instance for Susanne Leutenegger, the choice of colour and and more particularly its quality is extremely important. She preferres to mix her own using concentrated pigments, oxides, marble dust and quartz dust binding them with acrylic medium.
Did you know that David Seeger attended school in Bradford alongside his contemporary David Hockney, during which time both were obliged, effectively, to teach themselves art. During the period 1959-61, Seeger exhibited his abstract works at the Young Contemporaries Exhibition, in London, was selected to show at Gimpel Fils Gallery - where he sold his first sculpture for £30 - and showed at the Artists International Association Gallery, London.
Gert J. Van Maanen is now using an alternative colour pallette " Since I am using more dry pigments in my smaller paintings I intend to work with more different colours. So after 25 years it's not only blue and black anymore. " and also recently Gert's work has been part of an Art Crime Fraudulent copies of Gert J Van Maanen's artwork were available for sale on the world wide web.
Nick Taylor finds swimming in deep water terrifying. " Deep water; I admire anyone who swims there. " (odd then maybe his paintings of swimmers is some sort of therapy).
Ros Webb appreciates " all art forms; the good, bad and downright ugly; because for every piece of art (just like for every person); there is someone who loves it. "
Some Links Associated with this Exhibition Announcement
- Virtu - Art - Directory of Artists Over 300 links to Art + Craft in South West Cork
- Doswell Gallery Rosscarbery
- Encyclopedia of Irish Art: 2010 Who's Who in Irish Visual Art
- Zoe Graphics Helped with the graphics on the Exhibition Invitations
- Garry Walsh Flute player
- Walsh Printers Ltd Clonakilty printed the Exhibitition Invitations
Terms, Conditions
TERMS: The exhibition at Doswell Gallery will run from Wednesday 17th March to 12th April 2010. The Virtual exhibition will run for the same time, however this will remain within the Virtu - Art web site as a permanent record of the first of what will become many such exhibitions for Virtu - Art. In that way the participating artists will have a permanent record of their artwork online.
Sales: A Commission of 40% will be deducted from sales from Doswell Gallery and Virtu - Art web site.
CONDITIONS:
(1) Submitted Artwork Must Not have been Previously Exhibited in Ireland
(2) Artwork Must be for Sale
(3) Artwork Must conform to size restriction that is a Max 2D + 3D size of 60 x 60 x 60 cms including frame.
(4) Work must be submitted to Gallery in a manner fit to be displayed and acceptable to the gallery for the exhibition.
(5) Artists must submit an artists statement. Artist statements to be attached to an email if possible. These will be used on the Virtu - Art site and in the Doswell Gallery for the duration of the exhibition.
(6) Admission Fee of Euro 30 must be paid in advance of the exhibition or their artwork will not be included.
(7) Exhibiting artists must live in the Virtu – Art area to check this out go to Directory of Artists Virtu - Art.
(8) Only ONE submission per artist.
(9) In the case of sculpture a plinth may be required, this will be determined at time of submission.
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