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CIT WANDESFORD QUAY GALLERY CORK
Invites you to the opening on 22nd June at 6.30 pm of

WITH THE FALLING TOWER OF SECRETS

A retrospective exhibition of work from the 1990’s to the present.
by Rupert Cracknell.

“A good part of my story has been in and around art therapy from around the mid 1960’s to the present. This group of images represent forms of enquiry, that can be seen as reflections of the mind, which seem to endlessly arise.” Rupert Cracknell

Public Talk by Curator Debbie Dawson in the Gallery
Wednesday May 25th at 1pm

“Making an Exhibition – an Artist’s Perspective”

Exhibition closing May 26th 2011

Supported by the Crafts Council of Ireland in conjunction with the Year of Craft 2011.

Poetics of the Handmade

Contemporary Glass from China

Preview on Friday 6th May at 6pm.

CIT Crawford College of Art & Design is honoured to present the work of Xiaowei Zhuang, Professor of Glass at the Fine Arts College of the University of Shanghai, at the CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork.

Professor Zhuang was appointed Director of the Glass Museum of Shanghai in 2008. He is also a member of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Glass of the International Council of Museums. His work is in private and public collections both nationally and internationally.

The exhibition, curated by Debbie Dawson, continues until 27th May

Image: ‘Chase Wind’ by Xiaowei Zhuang. Kiln formed glass, dimensions 77cm X 40cm X 10cm.

Glimpse

The Higher Diploma in Arts for Arts and Design Teachers at CIT Crawford College of Art & Design is a one-year post-graduate course, where student teachers experience the rewards and challenges of a profession whose fundamental aim is to nurture creativity in the hearts and minds of our young.

The work in this exhibition is but a snapshot, a glimpse into this journey of discovery and learning. Each student teacher has given us an insight into the hopes and aspirations they had when sitting in their studio spaces working on the planning and preparation for their teaching.

The works of the student teacher and the pupils in their placement school are linked in many intricate and compelling ways. There is on one level a close similarity, as both strive for creativity and self-expression. But there must be, and are, differences, as each should be an entity unto itself, with the freedom to be whatever they wish.

Agnès Varda – Open Windows

Presented by the 22nd Cork French Film Festival in association with CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery

AN EXHIBITION OF FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO INSTALLATIONS.
March 10th – April 2nd / Wandesford Quay Gallery

The exhibition hosted in association with the Wandesford Quay Gallery presents Varda’s video installations and fine art photography. Highlights include Portraits Brisés (Shattered Portraits), a set of 18 photographs some of which were specially created for this show. Varda shows fragile faces, shivering souls and fragmented moments printed on glass or mirrors. A fragmented self-portrait of the artist completes this series, along with two broken mirrors, in which visitors can contemplate their own shattered faces. Her ongoing Patates Coeurs (Potato Hearts) series will be familiar to those who have seen her seminal film The Gleaners & I (2000) which screens as part of our film retrospective. Other pieces featured in her groundbreaking exhibition at Foundation Cartier for Contemporary Arts in Paris in 2005. Le Tombeau de Zgougou (Zgougou’s Tomb) a video installation with music by Steve Reich takes us from the grave of the filmmaker’s beloved cat to a cosmic view of the wider world and stars.

In addition to this, Alliance Française de Cork Gallery will host a separate exhibition of black and white photographs. This stunning collection features portraits of Varda’s encounters with an array of iconic 1960’s figures from Frederico Fellinin to Fidel Castro and Anna Karina to Sophia Loren.

The exhibition runs from 10th March – 2nd April 2011
Wandesford Quay Gallery, wandesford Quay, Cork City. Opening Hours: wed – Sat 10am – 6pm