Terra Fabula - an exhibition by artist Gracie Hawkins

Terra Fabula is a series of eight paintings, along with supporting materials (photographs, sketches, reports), which explores a complex and fractured narrative. The collection explores the conflict between the ancient, natural world and our modern, industry heavy society.

As an exhibition, I envision it as an immersive experience, with the various elements portraying a cruel indifference towards life, and is an attempt to depict the often incomprehensibly horrific consequences of those actions. Terra Fabula is a conceptual, narrative collection. Each painting acts as a chapter in the narrative with an accompanying, albeit censored report detailing the experiment and its results. Each chapter also includes photographs and sketches which fill out the narrative. As the experiments continue, the organism reacts in increasingly strange and hostile ways, becoming more and more degraded and toxic.

In each chapter the painting becomes more and more corrupted and polluted. This is represented through changes in colour and texture, as can be seen in the accompanying sketches as well as my previous work. Each painting will be a combination of acrylic paint, resin, mixed media items, and multiple canvases layered with the aim of creating an ethereal, otherworldly presence.

Location:

Methodist Church, St. Laurence St, Drogheda

Time:

17:00 - 22:00p.m 

Suitable for all ages, no booking required.  See here for details