The Wrong Place - Michael Dignam (the Joinery Graduate Residency)

The Wrong Place - Michael Dignam (the Joinery Graduate Residency)

05th Dec 2013 - 10th Dec 2013

Exhibition has been extended by appointment only until 13/12/2013
For appointment call 0861959403
Opening 4/12/2013 7-9
Gallery Open 12-6

The Wrong Place is a new exhibition by artist in residence, Michael Dignam. As a recipient of the recent graduate residency award, Michael Dignam will show a body of work in The Joinery gallery space.

The solo show is the second exhibition held as part of The Joinery Graduate Residency 2013. Dignam’s practice uses rhythmic patterns and formal juxtapositions to create a unique social narrative. Using subtle and unfamiliar combinations of common material, Dignam often presents riddle-like work, allowing the viewer space to decipher it.

The show, whose title is taken from the 2000 essay by Miwon Kwon of the same name, draws on the Münster Sculpture Project, Germany, as its point of departure. Taking works by Claes Oldenberg, Bruce Nauman and Donald Judd in the 1977 edition of the project, Dignam intervenes with both the physical and mental space that these sculptures hold. Questioning but also reviving the relevancy of these works, The Wrong Place points to the embodied human and its experience of isolation in public space.

“Michael Dignam’s compelling performative video installation… features individuals exercising quirky personal, expressive skills in fairly brutalist urban, architectonic spaces.” Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, June 2013

The Wrong Place is a new exhibition by artist in residence, Michael Dignam. As a recipient of the recent graduate residency award, Michael Dignam will show a body of work in The Joinery gallery space. The solo show is the second exhibition held as part of The Joinery Graduate Residency 2013. Dignam’s practice uses rhythmic patterns and formal juxtapositions to create a unique social narrative. Using subtle and unfamiliar combinations of common material, Dignam often presents riddle-like work, allowing the viewer space to decipher it. The show, whose title is taken from the 2000 essay by Miwon Kwon of the same name, draws on the Münster Sculpture Project, Germany, as its point of departure. Taking works by Claes Oldenberg, Bruce Nauman and Donald Judd in the 1977 edition of the project, Dignam intervenes with both the physical and mental space that these sculptures hold. Questioning but also reviving the relevancy of these works, The Wrong Place points to the embodied human and its experience of isolation in public space. “Michael Dignam’s compelling performative video installation… features individuals exercising quirky personal, expressive skills in fairly brutalist urban, architectonic spaces.” Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, June 2013 The Wrong Place is a new exhibition by artist in residence, Michael Dignam. As a recipient of the recent graduate residency award, Michael Dignam will show a body of work in The Joinery gallery space. The solo show is the second exhibition held as part of The Joinery Graduate Residency 2013. Dignam’s practice uses rhythmic patterns and formal juxtapositions to create a unique social narrative. Using subtle and unfamiliar combinations of common material, Dignam often presents riddle-like work, allowing the viewer space to decipher it. The show, whose title is taken from the 2000 essay by Miwon Kwon of the same name, draws on the Münster Sculpture Project, Germany, as its point of departure. Taking works by Claes Oldenberg, Bruce Nauman and Donald Judd in the 1977 edition of the project, Dignam intervenes with both the physical and mental space that these sculptures hold. Questioning but also reviving the relevancy of these works, The Wrong Place points to the embodied human and its experience of isolation in public space. “Michael Dignam’s compelling performative video installation… features individuals exercising quirky personal, expressive skills in fairly brutalist urban, architectonic spaces.” Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, June 2013
The Wrong Place is a new exhibition by artist in residence, Michael Dignam. As a recipient of the recent graduate residency award, Michael Dignam will show a body of work in The Joinery gallery space. The solo show is the second exhibition held as part of The Joinery Graduate Residency 2013. Dignam’s practice uses rhythmic patterns and formal juxtapositions to create a unique social narrative. Using subtle and unfamiliar combinations of common material, Dignam often presents riddle-like work, allowing the viewer space to decipher it. The show, whose title is taken from the 2000 essay by Miwon Kwon of the same name, draws on the Münster Sculpture Project, Germany, as its point of departure. Taking works by Claes Oldenberg, Bruce Nauman and Donald Judd in the 1977 edition of the project, Dignam intervenes with both the physical and mental space that these sculptures hold. Questioning but also reviving the relevancy of these works, The Wrong Place points to the embodied human and its experience of isolation in public space. “Michael Dignam’s compelling performative video installation… features individuals exercising quirky personal, expressive skills in fairly brutalist urban, architectonic spaces.” Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, June 2013 The Wrong Place is a new exhibition by artist in residence, Michael Dignam. As a recipient of the recent graduate residency award, Michael Dignam will show a body of work in The Joinery gallery space. The solo show is the second exhibition held as part of The Joinery Graduate Residency 2013. Dignam’s practice uses rhythmic patterns and formal juxtapositions to create a unique social narrative. Using subtle and unfamiliar combinations of common material, Dignam often presents riddle-like work, allowing the viewer space to decipher it. The show, whose title is taken from the 2000 essay by Miwon Kwon of the same name, draws on the Münster Sculpture Project, Germany, as its point of departure. Taking works by Claes Oldenberg, Bruce Nauman and Donald Judd in the 1977 edition of the project, Dignam intervenes with both the physical and mental space that these sculptures hold. Questioning but also reviving the relevancy of these works, The Wrong Place points to the embodied human and its experience of isolation in public space. “Michael Dignam’s compelling performative video installation… features individuals exercising quirky personal, expressive skills in fairly brutalist urban, architectonic spaces.” Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, June 2013 The Wrong Place is a new exhibition by artist in residence, Michael Dignam. As a recipient of the recent graduate residency award, Michael Dignam will show a body of work in The Joinery gallery space. The solo show is the second exhibition held as part of The Joinery Graduate Residency 2013. Dignam’s practice uses rhythmic patterns and formal juxtapositions to create a unique social narrative. Using subtle and unfamiliar combinations of common material, Dignam often presents riddle-like work, allowing the viewer space to decipher it. The show, whose title is taken from the 2000 essay by Miwon Kwon of the same name, draws on the Münster Sculpture Project, Germany, as its point of departure. Taking works by Claes Oldenberg, Bruce Nauman and Donald Judd in the 1977 edition of the project, Dignam intervenes with both the physical and mental space that these sculptures hold. Questioning but also reviving the relevancy of these works, The Wrong Place points to the embodied human and its experience of isolation in public space. “Michael Dignam’s compelling performative video installation… features individuals exercising quirky personal, expressive skills in fairly brutalist urban, architectonic spaces.” Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, June 2013