Sunday Morning Beneath A Feathered Sky: A solo exhibition by Hannah Ireland
Current and Forthcoming exhibition
Press release
Laree Payne is pleased to present Hannah Ireland's third solo exhibition with the Gallery, Sunday Morning Beneath a Feathered Sky.
Comprising fifteen two-part works where each piece contains a drawing (a combination of pastel and pencil) positioned behind a hand-etched cast acrylic plate, Sunday Morning Beneath a Feathered Sky presents a body of restless figures, forms, glyphs and motifs which find pause together, united by and within the picture frame.
Working in multiple layers with transparent surface has long played a central role within Ireland's practice. During their studies at Elam (2016 - 2019) this took place on weed mat and OHP slips, since Ireland has turned to glass, silk and now to cast acrylic. Operating as veils, screens or as Ireland has described them in the past, as 'skins', these transparent surfaces are used by the artist to 'build' and in doing so, give way to a sense of complexity and multiplicity that is central to the success of the practice. Simultaneous to this, and perhaps conversely, Ireland has been developing a personal index of filtered and refined symbols and motifs. Drawn from momentary encounters experienced by the artist, Ireland's imagery has been developed based upon the goings-on of this particular place.
An ode to people, place and contemporary life in Aotearoa, Sunday Morning Beneath a Feathered Sky is intimate in scale yet bold in its ambition as Ireland puts language to a sense of identity beyond the self. At once commemorative and celebratory Ireland's new works are rich, warm and generous.
Comprising fifteen two-part works where each piece contains a drawing (a combination of pastel and pencil) positioned behind a hand-etched cast acrylic plate, Sunday Morning Beneath a Feathered Sky presents a body of restless figures, forms, glyphs and motifs which find pause together, united by and within the picture frame.
Working in multiple layers with transparent surface has long played a central role within Ireland's practice. During their studies at Elam (2016 - 2019) this took place on weed mat and OHP slips, since Ireland has turned to glass, silk and now to cast acrylic. Operating as veils, screens or as Ireland has described them in the past, as 'skins', these transparent surfaces are used by the artist to 'build' and in doing so, give way to a sense of complexity and multiplicity that is central to the success of the practice. Simultaneous to this, and perhaps conversely, Ireland has been developing a personal index of filtered and refined symbols and motifs. Drawn from momentary encounters experienced by the artist, Ireland's imagery has been developed based upon the goings-on of this particular place.
An ode to people, place and contemporary life in Aotearoa, Sunday Morning Beneath a Feathered Sky is intimate in scale yet bold in its ambition as Ireland puts language to a sense of identity beyond the self. At once commemorative and celebratory Ireland's new works are rich, warm and generous.
