“Fusion” by Janet Pierce at The Hamilton
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The Hamilton Gallery, formerly known as The Cat & The Moon Gallery, is delighted to host an exhibition of paintings and tapestry works by Janet Pierce, opening on Thursday September 2nd at 8pm. Writer Dermot Healy will perform the opening ceremony. The exhibition runs until October 2nd. The Gallery opening hours are 10am to 5pm Mon to Sat.
Janet Pierce is a member of Aosdana and regularly exhibits in Ireland, India and the U.S.
Pierce admits “a deep connection with landscape”. This influence, coupled with an intuitive gra for Indian music, appears to inform her art practice to the present day. A significant visit to the lower Himalyas in 2006 occasioned a profound shift of perception and imagery in art practice.
Return visits to India over the following four years inspired the creation of intense, abstract works on paper, incorporating gold and silver leaf from Old Delhi, together with a series of tapestry works interwoven with gold and silver thread. Irish and Indian sensibilities fuse in the realization of this intensely meditative aesthetic journey. “To me”, the artist observes, “(the works) are as much Indian as Irish”.
Hamilton Gallery, 4 Castle Street, Sligo.
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