IT Sligo lecturer exhibits in Dublin
The work of Ronnie Hughes, lecturer in Fine Art at IT Sligo, is currently on show at The Return, in the Goethe-Institut, Dublin. The exhibition, Background Noise is a solo exhibition of new work by Hughes.
Ronnie Hughes, Lecturer in Fine Art at IT Sligo and award winning Artist. Hughes’ work is currently on show at the Return, in the Goethe-Institut, Dublin
Background Noise continues Hughes’ interest in scientific theory from ancient Greek thought onwards. This curiosity incorporates a number of distinct disciplines such as evolutionary theory, cosmology and, more recently, chaos theory. Hughes is also interested in specific ideas developed by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, principally three aspects of his natural scientific output: Firstly his work on colour theory; secondly, his studies in plant morphology and thirdly his discovery and subsequent proof that the intermaxillary bone was peculiar to all mammals (thereby strongly influencing Darwin’s Theory of Evolution). Hughes’ work has developed in tandem with these interests and they are implicated in a variety of ways in the construction and development of the works that make up this exhibition: He recognizes parallels between his grappling with ideas and materials and how people working in other fields wrestle with the nature of things and how at times this struggle provides its own insights.
The exhibition is comprised of three elements; a large drawing on paper, a series of small black and white photographs and a sequence of six sourced sound pieces. The large drawing Totem was generated by the superimposition of a series of symmetrical images each formed by numerous coloured dots connected by lines. The images are distilled from a variety of biological forms .The three black and white photographs incorporate a variety of scientific, random and accidental situations and subject matter. The third element is a series of six sound pieces that are scientifically collected samples of radio waves from a variety of astronomical sources.
Totem’ (157.5 x 141 cm, coloured pencil on paper, Ronnie Hughes 2009)
Background Noise enables a generous situation where a series of exact and chaotic elements combine to reflect humanity’s search for logic and its need for the poetic. Background Noise is curated by Mark Garry. The Goethe-Institut is located at 37 Merrion Square, Dublin.
For further information on the work of Ronnie Hughes contact:
- Ronnie Hughes
- Lecturer
- IT Sligo
- 071 9155474
- hughes.ronnie@itsligo.ie
For further information on courses in Fine Art in IT Sligo contact:
- Dr. Perry Share
- Head of Department of Humanities
- IT Sligo
- 071 9155340
- share.perry@itsligo.ie