The Glen Tavern in partnership with F.L.P. (Fun Limerick Productions) present Limerick artist Melanie O’Rourke insa Seomra Comhrá, a new Visual Art experience in the city.
Seomra Comhrá occupies a special corner of the bar, and this 3 week run will follow Tim O’Neill’s popular display of his unique collage works. Patrons enjoying the hospitality of The Glen Tavern may absorb the ambience of tradition, while being exposed to new ideas and art sláinte mhaith!
Limerick-based artist and newest member of Wickham Studios, Melanie O’Rourke, will be the second artist to exhibit in Seomra Comhrá. O’Rourke’s practice is rooted in close observation of everyday life, drawing attention to objects and scenes that often go unnoticed. Her imagery, ranging from discarded items and street-side encounters to fairgrounds and artificial flowers, captures a world that sits somewhere between the familiar and the overlooked, inviting viewers to pause and reconsider what might otherwise pass them by.
O’Rourke will be showing a selection of small works spanning the past 20 years. Known for her use of vivid colour and layered materials, O’Rourke’s paintings are both visually engaging and subtly disquieting. Reflective surfaces and shifting textures draw the viewer in, while an underlying tension between light and dark, nostalgia and unease, gives the work a lingering sense of ambiguity. Alongside her studio practice, she has a strong interest in participatory and collaborative work with communities across Limerick and beyond.
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