falling somewhere in-between
Lee Welch
19 October - 23 November 2006
Preview 19 October 6-9pm
Queen Street Studios Gallery is pleased to present 'falling somewhere in-between', an exhibition of new work by Lee Welch. Welch’s installation balances elements of function and dysfunction, chaos and order, in an uncertain equilibrium. By exploring the slippage between one thing and another, Welch reveals that meaning is always elusive and impossible to harness. Welch relies on methods of fragmentation and isolation by using forgettable materials that he finds turning the commonplace and mundane into work that is rich with human emotion and fragile beauty.
The plainspoken objects in Welch's installations are quietly alluring and often suggest a particular function or allude to potential meanings, yet remain evasive through their careful displacement. A sense of uncertainty develops as the viewer navigates the installation; multiple references unfold gradually over time ensuring that meaning is perpetually evolving and mutating. Welch uses this area of confusion to investigate the complex, shifting and often contradictory relationships between people and their environments and the links between nature, culture and the commodified world.
Lee Welch has exhibited widely and has had solo shows in America, Britain, and Ireland. Welch has exhibited his work in the LAAA/Gallery 825 in Los Angeles, the Lab Gallery in New York, the Electronic Language Festival in Brazil, and the Lugar Comum in Portugal. Recent exhibitions include the ‘Workroom Press ’ in the Workroom, Dublin and was invited to participate in the Eigse Carlow Arts Festival. He is the founder and director of Four. Lee Welch was born in Louisville, KY in 1975 and is currently studying in the National College of Art & Design. He lives and works in Dublin.
*excerpts from Art Now: Claire Barclay written by Lizzie Carey-Thomas
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