The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present this solo show by the artist Aisling Conroy, a member of the AGA group.
'ALTER / ALTAR'
ALTER / ALTAR is a response to the current climate of transition, universal unrest and shift in the collective consciousness. In this new work, the artist attempts to create types of multi-hyphenated worlds that glean and appropriate ideas from her ongoing interest in Eastern and Western philosophies, through painting and print.
Conroy seeks to compare these multihyphenates to the new multi-hyphenated ways in which we now live, taking on numerous roles and titles often necessary to survive and advance. These new ways can often create chaos, fragmentation and even darkness before they manifest into something more transformative. There is a symbiosis happening here: when one 'alters' or changes, one also needs to purge and offer up an old part of themselves (altar). Conroy incorporates several motifs of various doctrines and philosophies (i.e. Zen Buddhism, Tantric Hinduism, Shamanism, the Occult) to simulate these shifts. The artist's process is intuitive, repetitive and ritualistic, constructing paintings that could be interpreted as a type of incantation to past lives and new beginnings.
The show will run until 02 October 2021.
For more info visit: www.oliviercornetgallery.com
Coverage/Reviews:
EILE Magazine, 23 August 2021
The Gay News, 23 August 2021
Dnote, 24 August 2021
'Aisling Conroy is Taking to The Altar, Louisa Klatt, Radius Magazine, The University Times, 7 September 2021
'The Best New Exhibitions To See This Month', Penny McCormick, The Gloss, 8 September 2021