| By Dan Walsh at Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford Arts Centre today welcomed Sync Shift, an exciting solo exhibition by drawings artist Órla Bates made in collaboration with artist Joanna Leah that will run in the lower and upper galleries until Saturday, July 26th. The guest speaker at the launch was Curator Ann Mulrooney who said; “I am struck by a visual similarity to Japanese ink painting in her more recent work, something to do with the exquisite balance and sureness of what remains captured on the surface of the page.” In 2023, Órla Bates was invited to take part in the MAKE/curate programme, a partnership initiative between Wexford Arts Centre, the Arts Department of Wexford County Council, and Blackbird Cultur-Lab. The aim of the programme is to provide artists working regionally with an opportunity to work with a national curator. Over the course of two years, Orla worked with Curator Ann Mulrooney towards her solo exhibition at Wexford Arts Centre. Distinct from the curatorial support, mentorship was also facilitated by artist Joanna Leah. Órla Bates whose charcoal, graphite, ink and pastel generated works paid tribute to Ann Mulrooney and Joanna Leah for assisting in bringing her work to the exhibition. She also thanked the members of her family and Executive Director Elizabeth Whyte and the staff at Wexford Arts Centre. |
| Sync Shift will run at Wexford Arts Centre until Saturday, July 26th. The exhibition is supported by the Arts Department of Wexford County Council and Blackbird Cultur-Lab through Wexford Arts Centre’s Make/Curate Programme. Wexford Arts Centre is supported by the Arts Council and Wexford County Council. |
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