Kerlin (1999) — Dorothy Cross

Kerlin

26 February – 22 March 1999
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

*Rings,* 1995, Steel Chains, cast bronze rings

*Slab,* 1999, Antique mortuary slab & video

*Untitled,* 1998, Video, 9 min loop, 10 cm diameter [Left]
*Door,* 1998, Wooden door [Right]

Stills from Untitled, 1998

*Eyes (diptych),* 1998, Pair of photographs, plywood and glass

*Suck (diptych),* 1998, Pair of photographs, plywood and glass

Pipes, 1998, Bronze

Pretext, 1997, Snake skin, handmade paper and plywood

Albino Snake, 1997, Albino Burmese Python and aluminium pipe

A mortuary slab of glazed ceramic stood at the entrance to the show.

A projection from above covered the surface with a tidal cave, light shining through a fissure in the rock. Water dribbled through stone and sand to the drain.

A door leaned against a wall pierced by hundreds of holes.

A small dark hole was drilled in the wall beside it from which a video of a black snake appeared, moving towards the lens. Initially it seemed like the pupil of an eye but it slowly revealed itself as a snake.

A set of three bronze pipes lay on the floor as if waiting to be installed as building or plumbing conduits. On the surface of each pipe was a cast of a vagina merging with the metal.

List of works (click to expand)

Door, 1998, Wooden door, 198 x 76 x 5 cm

Untitled, 1998, Video, 9 min loop, 10 cm diameter

Eyes (diptych), 1998, Pair of photographs, plywood and glass, 58 x 92 x 18 cm

Mollusc, 1998, Sea shells and cast silver, 9 x 5 cm (each)

Sea Cave, 1998, Series of five black and white photographs, 91 x 61 cm (each)

Rings, 1995, Steel Chains, cast bronze rings , 16.5 cm diameter rings, variable height

Hands, 1998, Archival pigment print, 25 x 25 cm

Pipes, 1998, Bronze, 11 x 313 cm (each)

Suck (diptych), 1999, Pair of photographs, plywood and glass, 60 x 91 x 18 cm

Slab, 1999, Antique mortuary slab & video, 89 x 204 x 77 cm

White, 1992, Cow skin and teats, 234 x 266 cm

Mollusc (Tahiti), 2012, sea shells and cast silver element one: 3 x 7 x 4.5 cm, element two: 3 x 7 x 5 cm

Though not shown within the named exhibition the following works were made at a similar time, and shown amongst others at the Glen Dimplex Award and the Istanbul Biennial, both 1997:

Pretext, 1997, Snake skin, handmade paper and plywood, 200 x 100 x 7 cm

Albino Snake, 1997, Albino Burmese Python and aluminium pipe, Pipe: 8 r x 600 cm, Snake skin: 400 cm

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List of works (click to expand)

Chiasm (1999)