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