Scratching the Surface: an exhibition by Isabelle Gaborit & Janet Mercer
Scratching the Surface: an exhibition by Isabelle Gaborit & Janet Mercer
April 27
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‘Scratching the Surface’ is a joint exhibition by Isabelle Gaborit and Janet Mercer. Both artists live and work in the west of Ireland, are inspired by the landscape, its light, forms, and rugged textures, yet each produces their own personal response to this stimulus. They are both interested in the physicality of the landscape and the physical processes of making art and of their chosen media.
A diverse range of work is on show: encaustic paintings, drawings in charcoal, graphite and mixed media, monoprints and sculptures, all of which convey the physicality of the rugged, stony landscape and how its forms and textures are revealed by the light. The work of both artists evokes for the viewer the experience and feeling of being in the landscape, more than creating a pictorial representation or scenic view. The work is a reflection on permanence and change and the physical and emotional effects of being in the landscape.
Isabelle Gaborit
Janet Mercer