Ebb
18 August – 17 September 1988
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Erotic Couple, 1988, Painted wood, wallpaper, steel hoop, bulb and brass wire
Mr. and Mrs Holy Joe, 1986, Painted wood, enamel pipe and collar, plaster moulds, metal hooks and fabric
Bath, 1987, Cast iron bathtub, plywood and cast bronze
Mother, 1988, Wood, bronze miniature Shark Lady sculpture, lightbulb, rope and antique hip bath
Blind, 1986, Painted wood, steel and metal spear head [Background]
On The Shore, 1986, Painted wood, steel, metal spear heads and cast lead [Foreground]
Tall Figure, 1987, Wood, metal megaphone, wire copper and duck eggs
![Shark Lady in a Balldress, 1988, Woven and cast bronze [Left] Dancing, 1988, Painted wood and bronze [Right]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec67b8b42b9b43d7012b9eb/029058ca-3b56-4e6c-8980-4ccb364d4ae6/DC-33-8.jpg)
Shark Lady in a Balldress, 1988, Woven and cast bronze [Left] Dancing, 1988, Painted wood and bronze [Right]
Act, 1986, Painted wood, cast lead and bronze, and metal ballcock
The Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin is a wonderful deep, sunken, space entered from above like an empty pool. A wooden jetty was built at the end of the stairs leading the viewers down amongst the sculptures. Ebb consisted of an array of strange couplings as if stranded on the floor, assemblages of found elements and implied bodies: Mr and Mrs Holy Joe with fragments of holy- statue hands. Erotic Couple with pale-pink floral wallpaper. Tall Figure with a megaphone pointing upwards and Mother with a giant leg-span and extended plank-like diving board.
Ebb suggested that couplings might change with the new tide and present new arrangements when revealed again on the gallery floor.
List of works (click to expand)
Mother, 1988, Wood, bronze miniature Shark Lady sculpture, lightbulb, rope and antique hip bath, 233 x 245 x 275 cm
Shark Lady in a Balldress, 1988, Woven and cast bronze, 110 x 70 x 70 cm
Dancing, 1988, Painted wood and bronze, 190 x 43 x 36 cm
Baby, 1988, Wood, bronze and small bulbs, 23 x 50 x 12 cm
Bath, 1987, Cast iron bathtub, plywood and cast bronze, 300 x 70 x 140 cm
Mr. and Mrs Holy Joe, 1986, Painted wood, enamel pipe and collar, plaster moulds, metal hooks and fabric, Mr: 220 x 30 x 30cm, Mrs: 123 x 31 x 51 cm
Erotic Couple, 1988, Painted wood, wallpaper, steel hoop, bulb and brass wire, She: 93 x 99 x 32 cm, He: 203, 31, 11 cm
Blind, 1986, Painted wood, steel and metal spear head, 54 x 14 x 89 cm
Tall Figure, 1987, Wood, metal megaphone, wire copper and duck eggs, 450 x 45 x 30 cm
Untitled, 1986, Found black and white photographs, unframed, 40 x 80 cm