Alva Gallagher
Visual Artist

Alva Gallagher 'Ebbs and Remnants'

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Solo Exhibition August 11th - 31st 2017

Catherine Hammond Gallery, Skibbereen, West Cork, Ireland

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Sculptor Alva Gallagher is recognised as one of Ireland's preeminent artists working with glass. She is a sculptor whose work involves a continuous exploration of oceanic movements and elements. The dual qualities of ferocity and calmness of the sea are reflected in the fluidity, solidity and transparency of the glass, metals and concrete she works with. In particular, she has been inspired by living in the Canadian arctic for months at a time.

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She is fascinated with the continuous rhythm of the ocean and the elements, the night’s sky, the sea’s depths, and the translucence of water and ice.  Here, using cast crystal, concrete and steel, she explores coastal segments carved by lunar and tidal movements, constellations in the sky above and their corresponding ocean depths below. Catherine Hammond