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Artwork by Lorraine Whelan & James Hayes| Artwork
by James Hayes
"The majority of my artwork is object based sculpture. I like to combine household objects with romantic images to suggest personal histories and memories. I have also been involved in several art symposiums which have freed me from the traditional studio approach to art making. My most recent artwork ranges between small scale traditional figurative work and large scale land art. The small scale figurative artwork is an experimental approach to ceramic work & bronze casting figurative work, with a distinctly ancient feel. I have also begun casting purely bronze pieces, contrasting polish, patina and texture. " |
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| Sierpinski's Growth Percent for Art Commission, Athlone Institute of Technology, 2009-2010 - in progress. |
Tendril Percent for Art Commission, Dept of Revenue Decentralised Offices, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, 2009 |
Barrington Commemorative Plaque Ireland & Switzerland, 2008 |
Horseplay Percent for Art Commission, Aughrim Co. Wicklow, 2008. |
Sierpinski's Growth Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens Sept / Oct 2007 |
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| Evidence 2007 Percent for Art Commission, Oranmore Garda Station, 2007. |
Evidence 2006 Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens Sept / Oct 2006 |
Tullamore Courthouse Proposal Per Cent for Art Competition March 2006 |
Evidence 2005 Emo Court Symposium Sept / Oct 2005 |
For Elise An Exhibition with Lorraine Whelan |
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Ball! Commissioned Fountain |
Paternity Suite 2 Continuing from the Paternity Suite |
Paternity Suite 1 Degree Exhibition, D.L.I.A.D.T. |
Tables / Tableaux The Basement Gallery, Signal Arts Centre |
Nesting Chairs Temple Bar Street Art Symposium |
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Home Exhibition Project Arts Centre |
Proof(1) Gallery 44, Toronto |
Umha Aois Experimental Bronze Casting Symposium |
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| Artist’s
Statement
In his artistic career James Hayes has exhibited solo ('98 & '99, in Dundalk & Bray) as well as in prestigious group exhibitions and events. James participated in the Emo Court Artists Symposium 2005, the 1997 Temple Bar Street Art Symposium, the 1996 Kilkenny Arts Week, the "Home" show at the Project Arts Centre in 1995, and in the 1994 "Proof(1)" exhibition at Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Canada. James has also organised five experimental bronze casting symposia (Umha Aois '03, '02, '01, '99 & '97). In my sculptural work I use objects, images, colours, and materials that I consider both simple and iconic, and I combine them to suggest ideas, personal histories, emotions, memories and dreams. Some of my recent works focus on my very new experiences as a father, standing in the reflected light of the classic mother and child. I have experimented with photography, printing images onto various materials (most notably glass, metal and painted surfaces) and incorporating them into a sculptural context. I enjoy the craft of woodworking and in "Tables/Tableaux" I used traditional lathe-work and carpentry. I have been involved in a number of projects which are experimental in nature and direction, thus freeing me from the usual studio approach to art making. Both the "Home" exhibition and the "Temple Bar Street Art Symposium" were projects geared directly towards raising awareness of the issues of life in and on the streets. The "Umha Aois" projects, five of which I have helped to organise, are bronze casting symposia with the purpose of rediscovering ancient casting technologies and as such are very experimental in approach. As an active member of the Umha Aois Organising Committee I am committed to building on the successes of this experimental approach and to empowering my fellow artists through the experiences of the symposia. More recently I am experimenting with using video in my sculptural and installation work. I have also begun to use the techniques discovered through the Umha Aois symposia to create components of my artwork, and am pleased with the results. I have also had several opportunities to create truly large scale work. At the "Emo Court Artsts Symposium 2005" I created an image of my fingerprint measuring 120 metres by 80 meters by burning the image into a harvested field. At the 2006 "Sculpture in Context" exhibiton at the National Botanic Gardens Dublin, I created another large scale image of my fingerprint. I used decorative white gravel on dark soil, along a riverbank measuring 35 meters by 5 meters. In 2007 I was commissioned to create a large public artwork for a new Garda Station in Oranmore, Co. Galway. This large artwork "Evidence 2007" was inspired by Evidence 2005 created at Emo Court, and played on notions of justice associated with the work of the Garda Siochana. During 2007 and 2008 I worked on a collaborative artwork with fellow artist Niall O'Neill. This public artwork "Horseplay" was created using techniques Niall & I have researched through the Umha Aois Experimental Bronze Casting Project. The whole community was involved through bronze casting demonstrations we presented at the Aughrim National School. The artwork was made up of over 200 horses designed by the students of the school, cast and welded together by myself & Niall into the form of a stylised rocking horse, which the children of the school can play on and interact with daily. Also during 2008 I was commissioned to produce commemorative plaques for the 150th anniversary of Charles Barrington being the first person to climb the Eiger Peak in Switzerland. Two plaques were erected in Switzerland - at Grindelwald and partway up the Eiger - and one plaque was erected in Barrington's town of Bray, Co Wicklow in Ireland. During 2009 I have completed a public art commission for the new Department of Revenue Decentralised Offices in Newcastle West, Co. Limerick. Tendril is a large artwork made up of 10 laser cut stainless steel panels. I am also currently working to complete a large commission for the Athlone Institute of Technology. Sierpinski's Growth is scheduled for installation during summer 2009, it is a much larger and permanent reworking of the sculpture I did for the 2007 Sculpture in Context Exhibition. Overall, I would say my approaches to artwork are diverse. |
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