Glittering Eye – An Exhibition by Aishling Martin, 11th – 31st of July, Free Admission
Launch: Thursday 16th of July, 6pm
Glittering Eye presents a series of drawings, paintings and collages exploring themes of value, transformation and perception.
At the heart of the exhibition are objects that might ordinarily be dismissed as fragments or scraps. Through careful gathering and arrangement, these materials take on new meaning, their significance shaped by associations with people, place and myth.
The drawings investigate the visual relationships between these collected elements. Materials are laid out, studied and combined, suggesting how individual fragments might come together to form a single, unified object.
In the paintings and collages, ideas of transformation, light and the sublime come to the fore. Dust and debris are incorporated directly into the paint, while luminous colour palettes evoke rays of natural light, theatrical lighting and the transformative power of makeup.
Through this interplay of materials, light and composition, Glittering Eye invites viewers to reconsider the beauty and potential hidden within the overlooked and the everyday.