Sarah Wren Wilson: If only I knew - Exhibition Opening

• Opening: 6-9pm Thursday May 4th
• Running: Through to May 21st
• Location: Hang Tough Contemporary No. 4 Exchequer St. Dublin, D02 HX95

Hang Tough Contemporary is delighted to present If only I knew, an exhibition of new paintings by Sarah Wren Wilson, opening on May 4th and on view till May 21st. This is the artist's first solo presentation with the gallery.

“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between them, there are doors”

- William Blake (1970)

A beginning, a starting point, often the inception will occur before we are ready. This exhibition will present a series of new paintings by Sarah Wren Wilson. The work shown will examine the phenomenology of the in-between space and the complexities between the known and unknown.

Wren Wilson's work draws from the artist's current experience of an in-between time as she transitions into an new environment in the West of Ireland. Through form and colour, a process of adjustment and readjustment plays out in new territories and surface qualities. The role of the artist is reactive as curved lines meet creating unexpected pathways and formations. An approach which considers the relationship between thought and its formal translation onto a canvas. As the paintings move away from the realms of representation into abstraction so do their perimeters. In this reduction, each sweeping mark becomes significant, every application of paint a mode of communication in the search for understanding and sensibility.

If only I knew will consider the opportunities of the liminal space, an arena that forces us beyond our familiar boundaries. As the compositions evolve and shift, loose fluid brush strokes and areas of hard-edged opaque colour sing in contradiction.

Sarah Wren Wilson is an Irish artist currently based in Mayo. She studied Fine Art at Loughborough University before completing her Fine Art Masters at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland and the Turps Banana Correspondence Course, London. She has exhibited widely including a solo exhibitions at Espacio de Creación Contemporánea Cádiz, Spain and group exhibitions in locations such as Sinchuan Academics Creative Art Museum, China, Bushwick Studios, New York and Royal Scottish Academy, Scotland. Activity in 2021-22 includes a year’s residency at the RHA/IPUT Wilton Park Studios, shortlisted for Hennessey Craig Award RHA 2022 and solo exhibitions PING PONG at the Linenhall Art Centre (Sept-Oct 2021) and Spectator at the Ashford Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy (April 2022).

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• Tuesday, 12 - 6
• Wednesday, 12 - 6
• Thursday, 12 - 6
• Friday, 12 - 6
• Saturday, 12 - 6
• Sunday, 12 - 4

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