I’m so excited about our first Important Irish Art Auction in manifesto on 4th April 2008. We have work from over 80 artists committed and it promises to be a great night. To find out more visit manifesto.ie.
Categories
Category: art
Categories
Another exhibition at Manifesto
We’re running another exhibition in Manifesto at the moment. It’s titled “New Blue” and features work from painters who’ve recently come to Waterford. As usual we’ve a wide range of work with sizes to suit all homes and prices ranging from around 500 euro to 5000 euro. I’ve added pictures to my flickr account so readers can see the opening. It’s really great to be involved in the arts in Ireland and I’ve huge admiration for those who make a successful living from it. Despite the tax breaks, most Irish artists aren’t massively wealthy and I think the Irish people often get a misleading take from the popular press. For every Enya or Bono there are hundreds if not thousands of struggling artists bravely doing their thing. They should be encouraged as helping to perpetuate a long Irish tradition of artistic endeavour and creativity. Which nicely brings me on to my next comment.
We run an open day on Saturdays when new artists can come and show us their work. This has been massively successful and there’s scarcely a Saturday where we’re not inundated with artists showing new and interesting work. These include painters, ceramicists and jewellers from pretty much everywhere. We’ve artists from China, Australia, Russia, Italy etc. It’s all going very well but we’re always on the lookout for new work so if you know anybody interested then call the gallery on +353 51 853333 or drop me a mail at sdempsey@REMOVETHIS.manifesto.ie. Removing the obvious spam avoidance text. If you want to be traditional our postal address is.
Manifesto Gallery & Retail Emporium
No. 2 Georges Street,
Waterford,
Ireland.
Categories
State of our Art
Some readers may be aware that R & I are opening an art gallery/retail-emporium (tongue in cheek) in Waterford City. We’re calling our little venture Manifesto which dictionary.com informs me means
“a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.”.
So that’s sorted then! It’s very exciting to meet new artists, peruse the generally amazing collection of work they’ve got stashed away and then talk them into letting us sell it in Manifesto. By and large the feedback has been very positive. Last night we attended an exhibition in Waterford by Mercedes Helnwein in Eric Theze’s absolutely stunning new restaraunt, La Boheme. La Boheme is based in the same 18th century listed building as Manifesto and I can strongly recommend both the ambience and the food. Stylish, scrumptious and reasonably priced. You really must visit.
Mercedes is the daughter of iconic 70s painter & all-round visual artist Gottried Helnwein. He of the boulevard and broken dreams fame 🙂 Meeting the child of a personal hero can often be an uncomfortable experience, doubly so when the progeny have embarked on a similiar career path. Mercedes has nothing to fear in any comparison. While her father’s work is often provocative, hers has a warm intimacy and youthful vibrancy that shows a stunning technique to good effect. R & I were suitably impressed as we read her long list of accomplishments so you can expect some Mercedes Helnwein originals to appear in Manifesto in the near future. It’s so exciting to be opening Manifesto. I’ll keep readers up to date with happenings but provisionally, we’re hoping to open at the start of November. I can’t wait!