the hawk’s rocka double exhibition of drawings and paintings by conor gallagher

drawings@ the model arts centresligo sept 24 2010

paintings@ kinnagrelly wood coolaney county sligo sept 25-26 2010

You are invited to the opening ofTHE HAWK’S ROCKan exhibition of paintings by conor gallagher

at the kinnagrelly forest road, coolaney, county sligoopening at 2.30pm on saturday sept 25with special guest michael farrygallery open saturday 25 and sunday 26, 2-5pm

the hawk’s rock drawings are on view at the model studiosfriday sept 24 from 6-9pm

RSVP foR the oPeninginfo@conorgallagher.com or tel 087-2340147For more info see www.conorgallagher.com

Note: A special bus is leaving from sligo bus station on saturday sept 25 at 2pm returning at 4.30pm fare €3 return

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The Gallery

Entrance to Kinnagrelly Forest Road

Tullaghan Hill

Hawk’s Well

Hungry Rock

GlenwoodForest Park

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‘The Hawk’s Rock’ comprised of an exhibition of drawings shown at artist Conor

Gallagher’s studio at The Model on Fri Sept 24th, 2010 as part of Culture Night,

Sligo; and an exhibition of paintings in a specially commissioned gallery space

beside the Hawk’s Rock at the Kinnagrelly Forest Road at Coolaney, Co. Sligo on

Sat and Sun, 25th and 26th Sept.

It was a collaboration with Coillte who created a path to the summit of the rock at

the end of their forest walk, with Michael Farry a local historian and poet; and also

with Bus Eireann who provided a special bus to the location at Coolaney.

drawings@ the model

Venue The Model, The Mall, Sligo

Date Friday 24th September, 2010

Time 6-10pm

Visitors 200

vISIToRS IN CoNoR GallaGHER’S STudIo aT THE ModEl

INK oN CaRd 594 MM x 420 MM / pENCIl oN papER 594 MM x 420 MM / pENCIl oN papER 594 MM x 420 MM / INK oN papER 594 MM x 420 MM oIl oN BoaRd 300 MM x 400 MM / oIl oN papER 210 MM x 277 MM

pRINTING INK oN aluMINIuM 670MM x 560MM / pENCIl & CHaRCoal oN CaRd 360 MM x 405 MM / pENCIl & CHaRCoal oN CaRd 405 MM x 360 MM / 3 x oIl oN CaRdBoaRd 198 MM x 198 MM

pRINTING INK oN CaRd 840 MM x 594 MM / INK & GouaCHE oN CaRd 840 MM x 594 MM

INK & GouaCHE oN CaRd 594 MM x 840 MM / oIl oN CaNvaS 400 MM x 400 MM / oIl oN CaNvaS 250MM x 300MM / pENCIl SKETCH 150MM x 410MM

THE paINTING ‘plaCE’ (a dETaIl) / CoNoR GallaGHER wITH THE paINTING ‘SolITaRy’ IN FRoNT oF THE HawK’S RoCK

the paintings@ the hawk’s rock

Venue Kinnagreely Forest Road, Coolaney, County Sligo

Dates September 25th & 26th, 2010

Time 2-5pm

Visitors 100

Insurance o’driscoll o’Neill

Transport Special bus provided by Bus Eireann

THE paINTING ‘plaCE’ (a dETaIl) / CoNoR GallaGHER wITH THE paINTING ‘SolITaRy’ IN FRoNT oF THE HawK’S RoCK

wellpRINTING INK oN aluMINIuM 670 MM x 360 MM

placeINK oN BoaRd 198 MM x 198 MM

high windsMIxEd MEdIa oN papER 420 MM x 590 MM

SolitaryoIl oN CaNvaS 400 MM x 400 MM

outcropoIl oN papER 585 MM x 835 MM

pointoIl oN CaNvaS 700 MM x 1000 MM

linesMIxEd MEdIa oN CaRd 240 MM x 198 MM

monumentoIl oN CaNvaS 400 MM x 500 MM

turnoIl oN BoaRd 305 MM x 400 MM

The Hawk’s Rock

we left it alone for millennia

erratic outcrop in bog waste

looked at it over left shoulders

as we piled cairn over bones

prayed to new gods at the well

died of hunger at the gap.

Its monumental bulk leaned

complacent against futile winds

ignored the sweeps of fashion

the altered forms of worship

constant except for changing

cloud shadows and wheel

of ruthless predators eyeing

small temporary things

scuttling between ditches.

Michael Farry

September 2010

the opening@ the hawk’s rock

Venue Kilnagreely Forest Road, Coolaney, County Sligo

Date September 25th, 2010

Time 2.30pm

Guests 50

Itinerary poems and a history of the area by Michael Farry

‘The Hungry Rock’ written by dervish, performed by Rodney lancashire

onmandolaandSeamusHernononflute

a climb to the top of the rock on a path specially cleared for the event.

by Coillte.

HISToRIaN & poET MICHaEl FaRRy addRESSES THE CRowd aT THE opENING CEREMoNy / SEaMuS HERNaN aNd RodNEy laNCaSHIRE pERFoRM ‘THE HuNGRy RoCK’

Special thanks to Paul Murray at Coillte, Joe Mullarkey, Jimmy McDonnell, Rhona McGrath and Emma Kavanagh at Sligo Arts Services, Marie King McGovern at Bus Eireann, Michael Farry, Dara Mulvey, Madeline Scanlon at Rockfield NS, Glenfarne Wood Products, Michael Wann, Sean McSweeney, Alice Bentley, Maggie Stephenson, Nigel Monaghan at Natural History Museum, Rodney Lancashire, Seamus Hernon, Marian Fink, John Cullen and Paul Murray (artist).

Conor Gallagher is a graphic designer and fine artist from Sligo and is currently working at The Model Studios in Sligo. The Hawk’s Rock was his second solo exhibition, his first ‘The Lover’s Tree’ was part of last year’s Sligo Culture NIght Festival. He has also exhibited at NCAD, Boyle Arts Festival and at the Artmart Studios in Sligo.