Week 2 Why Trees Whisper – a children’s story

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Memory Palace of Trees is an ecological art practice which invites your participating to tell a story (or give some kind of information) about Trees. It is a social enquiry of how to live better with the planet and with people. You are cordially invited to tell me your story of a tree or trees. (email : niamh@niamhcunningham.com) I would love to hear from you .

Week 2 -They will not hush “它们不肯安静,叶子在我身边飞舞” 160x 110 cm
Niamh Cunningham 倪芙瑞莲 2015

Why Trees Whisper – An Estonian Legend
Retold by Anne Pellowski

Why Trees Whisper

Estonian Legend
Retold by Anne Pellowski

In the early days of earth, not long after the trees were created and humans were forced to leave Paradise to work, a man went out to the forest to cut wood. The first tree he came to was a pine tree. But as soon as the man lifted the axe he heard a voice cry out.

“Don’t strike me. Can’t you see the sticky tears that are already coming out of my body? If you hit me it will bring you bad luck.”

The man did not indeed see the sticky sap coming from the several cuts in the tree trunk, so he moved on farther into the forest. He came to a spruce tree and again raised his axe. But the spruce tree protested.

“Don’t cut me down. You will find me of little use for my wood is twisted and knotty.”

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Week 52: Letter to the President.AmcK

Letter to the President AK 50x50cm acrylic on canvas , 倪芙瑞莲Niamh Cunningham 2019

The final week for the 2019 portrait project …..I walked to school with A for many years as a child . She has always been an animal lover and when she was 10 years old she won an audience with President Hillery for an essay competition. The essay highlighted what she would do if she was president of Ireland building many animal shelters etc….. She is also rather fond of humans and is a distinguished clinical psychologist.

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中国爱尔兰当代艺术展在上海举办:艺术家自述


11月30日艺术家演讲之后,参展艺术家麻进、瑞莲、展览出品人许雯、参展艺术家王少帅、策展人Lulu合影

这一篇博客回顾最近在上海举办的展览。

参展艺术家: 奥黛丽·穆林斯Audrey Mullins、丹尼尔·希基Daniel Hickey、飞扬·戈恩Fion Gunn、Stephen Lawlor、麻进Magic Ma、王少帅Wang Shaoshuai 、空点设计Click Click Design,以及瑞莲Niamh Cunningham。

奥黛丽·穆林斯(Audrey Mullins)艺术家自述:

这些作品是抽象的风景,想象中的行星,在其风化的表面上,没有破译的语言是分散的。作品中精致的表面同时表现出复杂和脆弱。这些未完成的叙述是对人类历史的回应。 http://audreymullins.weebly.com/

artworks by Audrey Mullins with Therese Healy and guest
Audrey Mullins : Rotation2 17 cm diam , Mixed media
Audrey Mullins : Possibilities, 27 cm diam mixed media

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丹尼尔·希基(Daniel Hickey)艺术家自述:

我的作品是对爱尔兰神话、传说以及歌曲带来的力量与影响的个人反思。特别有意义的是,当我们把这些与中国神话联系起来,关注人们通过讲述故事和神话这样的媒介来思索他们共同拥有的神秘主义。https://danielhickey5.wixsite.com/irishart

Daniel Hickey relief prints
Daniel Hickey , Bas A Laoich , releif print , 52x 79 cm
Daniel Hickey , Wake II , relief print 52 x 78cm

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飞扬·戈恩(Fion Gunn)艺术家自述:

将叙事置于人类历史的轨迹中,我对人类的故事十分着迷,人们的迁移、道路选择、困境、欢乐和悲剧,这是每一个人类成员共同享有的历史。http://www.fiongunn.org/

A vistor views Fion Gunn’s work
Fion Gunn: A Childs view of Babel, 76 x 57 cm mixed media on handmade paper
Fion Gunn Dreams of City Dwellers 76 x 57cm , mixed media , collage on handmade paper

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Stephen Lawlor   艺术家自述: 我的角色都来自过去。他们要么生活过已死亡,要么是电影、舞台剧的创作。他们在漆黑空间中漂浮,一种挥之不去的怀旧之感缠绕其上。他们是残余,是流亡,是往昔强者形象的回声。确实有很多主题 .http://www.stephenlawlor.com/

Etchings by Stephen Lawlor
Stephen Lawlor Active Shooter 30x30cm Etching

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麻进(Magic Ma) 艺术家自述:

同一个雕塑,从不同的3个面看到的不同的三个文字,是中国传统书法与当代3D建模、打印技术的完美融合。属于全球首创。展览是将采用黑色字配白色背景。生死、爱恨、天地对立但都互为一体。易离和是彼此相连的要素。

Magic Ma: 3 D calligrapy
Ma Jin artist presentation with small silver 3D sculpture
Ma Jin’s 3D characters

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王少帅(Wang Shaoshuai) 艺术家自述:

《红球计划》是艺术家王少帅一项实验性艺术项目,旨在通过红球元素的万般演绎带领观者回归初心,用最纯粹的视角感受这个世界的美好。红色代表着生命、活力和希望,气球是许多人的童年回忆,也是日常生活中美好与快乐的象征。艺术家希望通过这种方式的艺术演绎,带给观者全新的视觉感受和思考方式,唤起人们心中的无限美好和希望。

Wang ShaoShuai installation (detail)

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空点设计(Click Click Design)

在《极流》系列作品中借助了图灵和别洛乌索夫发现的反应扩散(reaction-diffusion )原理,利用数学方程模拟两种具有特定特征的事物之间相互作用,以及产生变化无常的图案的过程。我们让计算机自动生成了类似于湍流的形态,并将自然界中山川海浪的影像和周围实时变化的环境加入其反应过程,试图探索一种存在于混沌和秩序临界处的奇观。它也是一张流动中的泼墨山水画。

Click Click Design installation 1
Click Click Design Polar Flow 2

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瑞莲(Niamh Cunningham ) 艺术家自述:

转变这一主题渗透在我的不同系列的作品中。思索表面之下的生活,以及材料的变化状态会对我的肖像作品的解读产生影响。

Portraits by Niamh Cunningham 倪芙瑞莲的肖像画
Water City – Huiyuan with portraits in background by Niamh Cunningham

和麻进、王少帅、策展人Lulu在一起

衷心感谢上海市对外文化交流协会、比利时中欧创意文化交流平台和爱尔兰驻上海总领事馆的大力支持。

China -Ireland Exhibition , Portraits showing in Shanghai next weekend

You are cordially invited …. on November 29th at Museu&m, Bangsongyuan Road (entrance on Huayuangang road) the exhibition ‘China-Ireland’ marks 40 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

China Ireland exhibition at MUSEu&m, Shanghai , opening Nov 29th

Irish and Chinese artists include Audrey Mullins , Daniel Hickey , Fion Gunn, Stephen Lawlor , Niamh Cunningham , Ma Jin , Click Design and Wang Shaoshuai. The exhibition is curated by LuLu and produced by Wen Xu of Creative Culture Eu .

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