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+BILLION- #35" 'Groping with Alchemy', BRENDAN EARLEY, A Place Between, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 15 March – 29 April, 2012 BY James Merrigan

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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Groping with Alchemy

BRENDAN EARLEY

A Place Between

Royal Hibernian Academy

Dublin

15 March – 29 April, 2012

BY James Merrigan

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

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Korporeal

ANGELALYNN DUNLOP

ARIANNA GARCIA-FIALDINI

HAYNES GOODSELL

Graduate MFA Show

Burren College of Art

April 14 - 29, 2012

BY Michaële Cutaya

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Monday, April 23, 2012

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Architecture's Handmaiden

BRIAN DUGGAN

Three Lives

Rua Red Arts Centre

Dublin

19th March – 28th April 2012

By James Merrigan

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Friday, March 2, 2012

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Repetitive 'Stain' Injury

Antti Leppänen

The Second Iteration

Queen Street Gallery & Studios,

Belfast

23rd February – 31st March 2012

By James Merrigan
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

TRUTH #4

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X COMMANDMENTS

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Monday, February 20, 2012

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UNDERDOG
Merlin James
In the Gallery
Douglas Hyde Gallery
Dublin
03 February - 28 March 2012
By James Merrigan
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'Korporeal', ANGELALYNN DUNLOP, ARIANNA GARCIA-FIALDINI, HAYNES GOODSELL, Graduate MFA Show, Burren College of Art, April 14 - 29, 2012, BY Michaële Cutaya: CLICK IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD/VIEW PDF

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'Architecture's Handmaiden', BRIAN DUGGAN, Three Lives, Rua Red Arts Centre Dublin, 19th March – 28th April 2012, By James Merrigan, CLICK IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD/VIEW PDF

+BILLION- #32

'Repetitive 'Stain' Injury', Antti Leppänen, The Second Iteration, Queen Street Gallery & Studios, Belfast 23rd February – 31st March 2012 By James Merrigan, CLICK IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD/VIEW PDF

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+BILLION- #31 'UNDERDOG', Merlin James/ In the Gallery/ Douglas Hyde Gallery/ Dublin 03 February - 28 March 2012/ By James Merrigan/ CLICK IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD/VIEW PDF

+BILLION- #30

Click image for Review of: Death and Sensuality: A group exhibition of contemporary Irish artists: Nina Amazing, Roisin Byrne, Alan Butler, Benjamin DeBurca, Breda lynch, James McCann, Leo McCann, Tom Molloy, Not Abel , Alan Phelan Curated by Jim Ricks,  Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco  November 4th – December 3rd 2011  Review by Lauren Hisada

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'Feedback', David Beattie, Karl Burke and Chris Fite-Wassilak, Galway Arts Centre, 2 Sept – 1 October 2011, Text by Michaële Cutaya. CLICK IMAGE FOR PDF VIEW/DOWNLOAD

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'Historical Cases of the Subterranean Kind', text offset by group show 'Underground' at BASIC SPACE DUBLIN, 10 – 13 November, 2011: CLICK IMAGE FOR PDF VIEW DOWNLOAD

+BILLION- #27: 'ad hoc MUSEUM' (IN 3 PARTS)

James Merrigan reviews aspects of Dublin Contemporary 2011, alongside exhibitions that ran concurrently at commercial galleries, art centres and non-proﬁt spaces. CLICK IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD/VIEW PDF

MONDEGREEN, THE PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN 8 JULY - 20 AUGUST, REVIEWED BY: JAMES MERRIGAN »

IN PRINT: SEPTEMBER ISSUE a-n magazine: CLICK IMAGE FOR ONLINE VERSION

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"TEXT CALL OUT" A Wild West Imaginative Space The Devil’s Spine Band Galway Arts Festival 20th – 23rd July 2011 Text by ÁINE PHILLIPS DOWNLOAD/VIEW PDF

+BILLION- #25: BRENDAN EARLEY & KEVIN COSGROVE Nor for Naught mother's tankstation 14 September - 29 October Text by JAMES MERRIGAN DOWNLOAD/VIEW PDF

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Christoph Büchel Piccadilly Community Centre Hauser & Wirth London, 13 May – 30 July 2011, Piccadilly, Text By RUTH HOGAN DOWNLOAD/VIEW PDF

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Ready-Made Geometry Niall de Buitléar Out of Order 8th July – 20 August 2011 The LAB, Dublin Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

+BILLION- #22: "TEXT CALL OUT"

Sean Lynch and Brian Hand The Dock, Carrick on Shannon, 8th April - 11th June 2011, Text by JOANNE LAWS DOWNLOAD/VIEW PDF

+BILLION- #21: "TEXT CALL OUT"

Beyond Guilt Trilogy Ruti Sela and Maayan Amir, 126 Artist led gallery, Galway, Ireland, May 26 – June 18 2011, Text by MAEVE MULRENNAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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'The Sequel and the Unmade Prequel' Dublin Contemporary Programme Announcement Earlsforth Terrace, Dublin, 23rd June, 2011Reflecting in the Institution' Response by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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Reflecting in the Institution Reviews of Dublin Graduate Shows at NCAD, DIT, and IADT, 2011. Response by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/DOWNLOAD PDF

+BILLION- #18: "TEXT CALL OUT"

Shipsides and Beggs Project at the Death Of Delawab 2010 Text by SLAVKA SVERAKOVA VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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Art Criticism Conditioning (or Reframing?) Event: Art Criticism Now The LAB Keynote paper from David Berridge Interview between critic and curator Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith and performance artist Amanda Coogan. Panel discussion on the nature and current status of art criticism, with Niamh Dunphy, Cristín Leach, James Merrigan, and Jason Oakley. The discussion was chaired by Fiona Fullam. Response by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW POST

A KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS FAMILIAR: DAVID BEATTIE, TEMPLE BAR GALLERY + STUDIOS, DUBLIN.

Review by James Merrigan for Aesthetica: CLICK IMAGE FOR LINK

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Phantom Prosthetics VERA KLUTE

Blindgänger Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, May 7 – June 19, 2011 Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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Internet Atrophy:‘01 for all and all for 01’ Aleksandra Domanović Joel Holmberg Parker Ito Offline Eilis McDonald Jonathan Rafman Temple Bar Gallery & Studios , Dublin, 8th April – 14th May 2011 Curated by Rayne Booth Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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to be-to see-to be seen 'Long Text' on Susan MacWilliam' s F-L-A-M-M-A-R-I-O-N NCAD Gallery, Dublin, 2010 Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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“Coffee break criticism” (‘Afterthoughts!’) The following starts with a 'long' response by James Merrigan after the A&E session at Monster Truck Gallery on Monday 4 April, which is followed by successive comments posted on Facebook. The panel discussion on new dialogues in critical practice included Tim Stott, James Merrigan and Niamh Dunphy. The discussion was moderated by Kevin Atherton. VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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A 'Wake' for the Death of the Event Michelle Browne's 'out on the sea was a boat full of people singing’ & other stories' The LAB, Dublin 4th March -9th April, 2011. Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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An Elevator for the Ivory Tower Ceal Floyer's 'Things' The Project Arts Centre, March, 2011. Curated by Tessa Giblin Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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'Baggage and Absentism' Peter FitzGerald's "Wall Works" Queen Street Studios, Belfast, March, 2011. Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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'The Genesis of a “Cookie-Cutter” or Hot Potato?' As the curators of Dublin Contemporary 2011 emerge at last from the haze via a podcast interview for Circa Magazine online, JAMES MERRIGAN writes that ‘identity’ may become the default thematic of the Irish “Biennale.” (Part 1) VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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'Gillick or Balka?'

Synopsis: this article recontextualises a question posed by the New York art critic Donald Kuspit in 1987 in his article "Beuys or Warhol?" The ‘real’ question in the article considers what Liam Gillick has referred to as the "battle" between ‘subjectivism’ and ‘objectivism’ - two strands of influence that underpins art-making in contemporary art, and two oppositions which Balka and Gillick represent. Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/DOWNLOAD PDF

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Utilitarian Improvisations in Space Tracy Hanna's Things Fall Apart SOMA Contemporary, Waterford; Feb, 2011. Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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Annika Ström's Never-Ending Rehearsal for Art Annika Ström

From the Community Hall. Curated by Aoife Tunney. Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, December 10th 2010 - February 7th 2011 Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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The Aestheticisation of Grief Cecily Brennan's "Black Tears" The Crawford Gallery, Cork, 13th Jan - 26th Feb, 2011 Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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A Magpie’s Eye for Appropriation Gavin Murphy

Remember The Golden Bough, The Hugh Lane, 4th November - 16th January 2011, Curated by Michael Dempsey. Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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A Post-Patriotic Performance Review of performances by HELENA WALSHE, SINEAD MCCANN, ALEX CONWAY as part of 'Right Here, Right Now' at Kilmainham Gaol, Nov 4th, 2010. Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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"Cabbages and Things" Review of ALAN PHELAN's solo show at Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Oct 30 - Nov 27, 2010. Text by JAMES MERRIGAN VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF

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'Cock a Leg, or Squat?': Reviews of Alan Butler's solo show at TBG&S and Bea McMahon's solo at GOR, Dublin, November, 2010. Text by James Merrigan 1. ALAN BUTLER I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin. 2. BEA MCMAHON Two-fold, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, 11 Nov - 11 Dec 2010. 20 Oct - 27 November 2010. VIEW/ DOWNLOAD PDF