Origins
Exhibition of Paintings & Bog Wood Sculptures
by Rita Wobbe & Ronnie Graham
October 30th - November 17th 1998
Paintings by Rita Wobbe
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#1 Earth Sediment |
 #2 Earth Sediment |
#3 Earth Sediment |
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#4 Earth Sediment |
 #5 Roots |
#6 Organic Farm I |
 #7 Organic Farm II |
 #8 Roots II |
 #9 Water Over Stone |
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#10 In The middle of The Dark Wood I |
#11 In The middle of The Dark Wood II |
 #12 Flesh And Bone III |
 #13 Flesh And Bone I |
 #14 Flesh And Bone II |
 #15 Fossilised |
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#16 Life Force |
#17 White Figure And Snake |
 #18a Where Earth And Water Meet |
 #18b Where Earth And Water Meet |
 #18c Where Earth And Water Meet |
#19 Bark |
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#20 Rich |
#21 Rich II |
#22 Across The Water |
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#23 Across The Water |
"In "Origins" I am trying to find a way to express primal experiences. Images that are familiar and emerge out of the unconscious remind us of our human existence as "flesh and bone".
This is an attempt to recall intuitive information which is often forgotten and gets overlayed by history and conditioning in society. It is attempt to find identity not through culture but within the nature of myself.
A feminine gaze is intended and hopefully reflected in the work. The work has developed from the open spaces of the Flaggy Shore (New Quay) and the woods of Coole (Gort)".
Rita Wobbe
Sculpture by Ronnie Graham
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#24 Rocker |
#25 Emergence |
 #26 Sweeney |
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#27 Cuckoo |
#28 Birds Of A Feather II |
#29 Flame |
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#30 Wings |
#31 Sea-Man |
 #32 Refugee |
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#33 Hungry Eye |
#34 Len Bird |
#35 Wounded Bird I |
 #36 Bog Charm |
#37 Stag |
 #38 Spirit Of The Dancing Horseman |
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#39 Bog Traveller |
 #40 Birds Of A Feather I |
#41 Water Spirit |
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#42 Mysteries I |
#43 Wounded Bird II |
"I find bog wood inspiring in itself. The idea of working with a substance that's thousands of years old is quite something. There's an unquestionable "mystic" quality about it, and I do find as I carve that this ancient quality that belongs to Ireland comes through.
I work along with the "suggestions" provided by the particular piece of wood. Obviously this particular shape, and the way it sweeps out in two opposed directions, suggests a bird-like shape. But often it's only when I began to work a piece, with maybe only a very vague idea in mind, that a shape emerges that seems to "ask" for a particular treatment. It's like freeing something that's been waiting there for maybe thousands of years".
Ronnie Graham
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