'it never rains to everybody's taste' Queen Street Studios and Gallery, Belfast

   Installation shot. Queen Street Studios and Gallery, Belfast.

Opening - Thursday 1st November 2012   18-21hrs

Artist Talk - Thursday 1st November 2012 at 17hrs

Exhibition Dates - 01.11.2012- 01.12.2012

 

Vanessa Donoso López  practice is committed to explore concepts of transicional phenomena and 'objecthood'. 

The original notion of this concept whas used by the psichoanalist Donald Winnicott to describe the intermediate area of human experience between inner reality and the outside world. Within this field the basis of play and culture forms. Through play, Donoso López creates transitional objects while exploring how extreme alterations of context can modify the understanding, content and perepcion of transicional phenomena.

Videos related to this works hosted in www.vimeo.com

Hard working needle; https://vimeo.com/54372086
Fugitive Dolls; https://vimeo.com/54373279
Experiment #3; https://vimeo.com/54370123
Belgian bag; https://vimeo.com/54368451
Four; https://vimeo.com/53550791
My neighbours upstairs...; https://vimeo.com/54312712

'Hard working needle'.

Queen Street Studios and Gallery, Belfast.

    Installation Shot. Queen Street Studios and Gallery, Belfast.

     Installation Shot. Queen Street Studios and Gallery, Belfast.



 

Late Night Opening - Thursday 1st November 2012   18-21hrs

Artist Talk - Thursday 1st November 2012 at 17hrs

Exhibition Dates - 01.11.2012- 01.12.2012

Gallery Open Tues-Thurs 10am - 5pm or by appointment

Queen Street Studios Gallery  

3rd Floor

37-39 Queen Street

Belfast

BT1 6EA

tel; 00 44 (0)28 90 24 31 45

email;gallery@queentstreetstudios.net | web; www.queenstreetstudios.net

www.vanessadonosolopez.com

www.vanessadonosolopez/blogspot.ie

METAMORPHOSIS, PS2, Belfast

Stephen Brandes (UK),Vanessa Donoso López (ES), Priscila Fernandes (PT), Cainneach Lennon (IE),

Tom Molloy (IE), Ann Murphy (IE), Magnhild Opdøl (NO), Andrea Spencer (UK).

Curated by Rowan Sexton.

There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally

breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on

according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most

b e au t i f u l and mos t wonde r f u l h ave b e e n , and a re b e i n g , evol ved.

- Charles Darwin,

The Origin of Species, 1859.

Metamorphosis alludes to the process of transformation, where a profound change of form,

structure or substance occurs. This exhibition aims to establish clear associations between art and the natural sciences, and to contextualize these dual frameworks, where significant cultural

common ground exists. The biological mechanisms of growth, change and evolution are examined

in tandem with material, philosophical and conceptual concerns within the visual arts. Highlighting

the mutual elements in these distinct disciplines opens up a discourse, which emphasizes

experimental overlaps, perception and interpretation, in an historical and contemporary context.

At its core, Metamorphosis aims to explore the dynamic relationship between art and the natural

sciences. Each of the artists involved has a unique approach to the dual topics under consideration,and their diverse interpretations encompass a multitude of styles and methodologies. The exhibition encourages a deep integration between both disciplines, and incorporates artworks that investigate experimentation, hybridity, physiological studies, psychoanalytical models, musical interpretation, the historically traditional métier of taxidermy, the specialised craft of glass blowing and sculptural interventions within the space.

Opening Reception at PS2, Friday 19 October, 6 – 9pm.

METAMORPHOSIS continues 19 October – 10 November 2012.

PS2, 18 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2GP |

Open: Tuesday - Friday: 1-5pm, Saturday: 11am-3pm.

    Vanessa Donoso López 'Soakers, from B to B', 2012