Bran New Brains
by
Sonia Shiel

Exhibition continues: 16 July – 28 August 2010.

Exhibition and catalogue launch: 19 August 2010, 6-8pm

The first exhibition of the new programme is an installation by Irish artist Sonia Shiel. ‘Bran New Brains’ is confidently proclaimed by the Scarecrow, in L. Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz. Having become empowered by the placebo of his awarded intelligence, he explains the recent metalwork to his head, revealing the will of his self-deception. The first phase will build over a four week period, when Shiel will work on the installation in the gallery space, producing an evolving series of works, addressing subjects as diverse as the audience and the romance. Implicit to this strategy is the positioning of the artist somewhere between the idea and its consumption.
Construing certain studio conditions within the gallery space, this work will appear to expose its own make-up, while gradually disguising itself, until even the rough edges are pretend.

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