Artist Talk: Solstice Arts Centre presents Isabel Nolan in conversation with Francis Halsall

Isabel Nolan is in conversation with Francis Halsall, writer, lecturer and co-Director of Art in the Contemporary World Masters Programme, NCAD, Dublin, with an introduction from Solstice director Belinda Quirke. This recording took place at the launch of artist Isabel Nolan's book A DELICATE BOND WHICH IS ALSO A GAP at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.

A DELICATE BOND WHICH IS ALSO A GAP is designed by Oonagh Young, and features work exhibited in Nolan’s comprehensive 2021 exhibition A delicate bond which is also a gap at Solstice, and a body of work which followed on from the making of the show. The exhibition alluded to a vast span of time bringing together drawings, sculpture, two woven images of the 40,000-year-old sculpture Löwenmensch, Miracle Wave 2698 CE and concluding with the ambitious, specially commissioned tapestry summoning images of the disintegrating sun When the sky above will not be named. The publication features texts by the artist; Irish fiction and arts writer Sue Rainsford; Berlin-based writer and critic Martin Herbert, and an introduction by Belinda Quirke and is available to purchase on our online shop.

Isabel Nolan represented Ireland at the 2005 Venice Biennale in a group exhibition. Her work has featured in EVA International, Limerick 2018; LIAF biennial, Norway, 2015; Artspace, Sydney, 2015; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2013; Beijing Art Museum, 2008, and Glasgow International, 2006. Nolan is on the board of Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, where she is a six-year studio member. She is represented by Kerlin Gallery, Dublin.

Solstice is a regional arts centre in the north east of Ireland, connecting artists and their work to local, national and international audiences. Inviting artists and communities to connect with us in our own special way. Programming a diverse range of music, theatre, visual arts, cinema and dance from local and international artists and companies.