Salve
30 May – 29 June 2002
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Salve, 2002, Inlaid bog oak on driftwood
Chiropsalmus I–XVI, 2002, Jellyfish on paper
Chrysaora – Compass Jellyfish, 2001, Jellyfish on paper
Chrysaora – Compass Jellyfish, 2001, Jellyfish on paper
Jellyfish Lake (Stills), 2002
Jellyfish Lake, 2002, Video, 6 minutes
Thimble, 2002, Thimble and walrus whisker
Finger Print, 2002, Fingerbones and cast gold fingerprint
Skull Gold, 200, 29 carat gold cast skull with fragment of human skull
Ehre die Frauen, 2002, Porcelain cup and human hair
The jellyfish drawings developed further into large scale photographs Sheet (above) and Pillowcases (below).
The title of this show is from the word ‘salve’ which is inlaid in the doorstep of Goethe’s house in Weimar. Goethe was the pre-eminent poet, novelist, scientist and statesman in Germany from 1749–1832. Salve which is a greeting in Italian also means a blessing, a cure and salvation. A long branch of driftwood lay on the gallery floor with an exact copy of the lettering from the Goethe doorstep inlaid in dark bog-oak onto the Cherry branch.
Jellyfish Lake, a video, shows a woman floating in calm green waters as jellyfish navigate around her body and through her hair. Jellyfish Lake was filmed in Palau Micronesia while researching for Come into the Garden Maude and Medusae. Jellyfish ‘drawings’ were grouped on the walls: chironex fleckeri the box-jellyfish from eastern Australia and chrysaora isoceles the compass jellyfish that swim off Irish shores. Jellyfish are 98% water and 2% animal and leave a drawing of themselves on the linen, cotton or paper once dehydrated.
A set of small shelves harboured several works. A photograph of Maude Delap emerging from beneath weathered mirror. The bones of a human finger with a cast gold finger-print. A bird’s nest through which a bird had woven a string of gold. A thimble topped with a whisker from a walrus.
List of works (click to expand)
Chrysaora - Compass Jellyfish, 2001, Jellyfish on paper, 28 cm x 40 cm
Chrysaora - Compass Jellyfish, 2001, Jellyfish on paper, 28 cm x 21 cm
Aurelia Aurita - Moon Jellyfish, 2001, Jellyfish on paper, 28 cm x 21.5 cm
Physalia I, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 28 cm x 19 cm
Physalia II, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 20 cm x 12.5 cm
Chiropsalmus I, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 19 cm x 14 cm
Chiropsalmus II, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 19 cm x 14 cm
Chiropsalmus III, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 18.5 cm x 14.5 cm
Chiropsalmus IV, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 18.5 cm x 14 cm
Chiropsalmus V, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 19 cm x 13.5 cm
Chiropsalmus VI, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 19 cm x 14 cm
Chiropsalmus VII, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 27 cm x 19 cm
Chiropsalmus VIII, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 28 cm x 19 cm
Chiropsalmus IX, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 27.5 cm x 19 cm
Chiropsalmus X, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 27.5 cm x 19 cm
Chiropsalmus XI, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 38 cm x 27.5 cm
Chiropsalmus XII, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 28 cm x 37 cm
Chiropsalmus XIII, 2002 Jellyfish on paper, 39 cm x 28 cm
Chiropsalmus XVI, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 26 cm x 30 cm
Chiropsalmus XVI, 2002, Jellyfish on paper, 24.5 cm x 18.5 cm
Salve, 2002, Inlaid bog oak on driftwood, 300 cm x 15 cm
Skull Gold, 2002, 9 carat gold cast skull with fragment of human skull, 6 cm x 5 cm each
Thimble, 2002, Thimble and walrus whisker, 12 cm x 1.5 cm
Finger Print, 2002, Fingerbones and cast gold fingerprint, 14 cm x 2 cm
Chatelaine, 2002, Silver cast fingers, 34 cm x 10 cm
Nest, 2002, Birds nest woven with golden thread, 9 cm x 11 cm
Egg, 2002, Archival pigment print, 4.5 cm x 7 cm
Waves, 2002, Acetate and glass, 29 cm x 20 cm each
Figure (diptych), 2002, Archival pigment prints, 49 cm x 73 cm each
Moon Jellyfish (diptych), 2002, Archival pigment prints, 19.5 cm x 24 cm each
Mastiqias Jellyfish, 2002, Archival pigment prints, 19.5 cm x 24 cm each
Trophy, 2002, DVD, 3 minutes, Dimensions variable
Jellyfish Lake, 2002, DVD, 6 minutes, Dimensions variable
Mirror, 2002, Mirror (found) and photograph, unique 20 cm x 25 cm
Tree, 2002, Bonsai tree and tree trunk, 70 cm x 45 cm
Ehre die Frauen, 2002, Porcelain cup and human hair, 10 cm x 9 cm
Pebbles, 2002, Antique basin, hand bones and beach pebbles, 80 cm x 15 cm