Limerick Printmakers Studio and Gallery are delighted to present ‘we see them as we are’ new work by Marianne Keating.

Beetles and Flies! Limerick Printmakers will be crawling with them at 8pm on Thursday the 22^nd of July!  Cork based artist Marianne Keating will be covering our Robert Street gallery with her new beetle-y works for her solo show.

Keating has created a large cube within the gallery using mixed media which combines a range of techniques including: drawing, screen printing and etching to create pieces that surround the viewer. As the pieces grow and spread from floor to wall and ceiling, off the canvas and directly into the surrounding physical space they blur the line between print and the space it occupies.

Keating looks at people’s perceptions of reality and through the use of symbolism she aims to convey and challenge those perceptions.

‘The symbol of the fly has been used since early times as a recurring representation of evil, plague, and pestilence. The Greek God Myiagros, is the God of Flies and Fly–Swatting. Even the bible uses the symbolism of the Fly: Exodus 8:24 And the LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anais Nin

Keating has developed this body of work in conjunction with the Institute for Print Research, UWE, Bristol with highly regarded researchers Elizabeth Tunell and Tom Sowden. The focus of the work was an investigation into the use of innovative and experimental enameling techniques for the production of a large-scale laser cut enameled exterior installation, which will crawl over the exterior façade of Limerick Printmakers. The scale of the work ranges from 142cm x 113cm to 35cm x 28cm.

Keating has exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally. She had completed residencies in Germany, Cork and New York. She has won several awards including a Culture Ireland award in 2010, which has helped to make this show possible.

The exhibition will run until 12^th of August. For further information on this exhibition, please contact Limerick Printmakers Studio and Gallery at the details below. The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday 11am to 5.30pm and Saturday 10am to 4pm.

Limerick Printmakers Studio and Gallery Ltd. acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council.