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ODD BEINGS
SINÉAD O'DONNELL Dublin, Ireland
erasing HER history (2013) Sinéad O’Donnell Series of performance collages, 3 created before Mexico and 3 after, March 2013. 59 x 42 cms each.
Performance artist Sinéad O’Donnell utilises collage as an integral part of her practice in both the preparation phase and also in the unwinding process after a live event. Despite a well-established international career, her collages have never been exhibited before, always remaining hidden in studio sketch books. Therefore GLUE presents a very special glimpse into her rich creative zone. O'Donnell's recent project in Mexico entitled 'erasing HER history' is a reflection on the Christian and Muslim possibilities of female erasing and eroding of histories - where women or anything female has been manipulated or taken out of history. _______________________________________________________________________________
LULU LOLO New York City, USA
AMERICAN GOTHIC LULU LOLO (2011) and CHAGALL LULU LOLO (2011) LuLu LoLo, collage, 15 x 10 cms each
REFORM SCHOOL GIRL LULU LOLO (2010) and WHY GET MARRIED LULU LOLO? (2010) LuLu LoLo, collage, 25 x 20 cms each
New York performance artist LuLu LoLo employs collage to experiment with new personas that become developed into live actions. LuLu's art combines a passion for historical research with contemporary performance art, often focusing on the dramatic struggle of women from New York City’s past.
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CIARAN MAGILL Kilkeel, Northern Ireland
FRAGILE [iii] (2013) Ciaran Magill Mixed-media collage, 42 x 59 cms
FRAGILE [ii] (2013) Ciaran Magill Mixed-media collage, 42 x 59 cms
FRAGILE [i] (2012) Ciaran Magill Mixed-media collage, 42 x 59 cms
SECOND COMING (2012) Ciaran Magill Collage, 30 x 80 cms
THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY (2013) Ciaran Magill Mixed-media collage, 42 x 59 cms
SILENCE (2012) Ciaran Magill Digital collage, 29 x 19 cms
HELMET BOY (2012) Ciaran Magill Digital collage, 29 x 19 cms
Engaging with contemporary issues on gender and sexuality, Ciaran Magill uses the human figure to convey psychological mindscapes that are drawn from imagery found in mass-culture and traditional religious iconography. _______________________________________________________________________________
STUART ROBERTS Belfast, Northern Ireland
PUKE AND LAUGHTER (2011) Stuart Roberts collage, 35 x 31 cms
NO FIT STATE (2011) Stuart Roberts collage, 35 x 24 cms
Stuart Roberts employs different types of paper, markers and paint to construct collages. The fragmented cuttings are intricately fused together and assembled to make strange, imprecise but powerfully suggestive images. His work contains figurative elements which oscillate between the real and the imaginary to connote a form of otherness. Tension is created between appeal and repulsion, playfulness and violence. The newly constructed images appear in a state of flux, often on the edge of collapse.
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