Arbour Essences, a group show on urban trees at OCG

The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present 'Arbour Essences in Anthropocene Dublin - Four new visions for our urban forests', a group show curated by gallerist Olivier Cornet and author Paddy Woodworth. Four artists from the Olivier Cornet Gallery, namely Annika Berglund, Hugh Cummins, Eoin Mac Lochlainn and Yanny Petters have been invited to create work around trees in an urban context.

The exhibition is sponsored by Coillte and will be complemented by a selection of drawings by Belvedere College's art students as well as a mini urban forest installation - in the outdoor basement area - in collaboration with Simon O'Donnell from the Urban Farm project at Belvedere College.

All welcome to the official opening at 2:30pm, Sunday 14 May 2023. Guest speaker: Pádraic Fogarty, ecologist and environmental scientist.

Details for a series of panelled talks involving the artists, Dr. Matthew Jebb of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Catherine Cleary of Pocket Forests & Irish Times columnist, Ciaran Fallon of Coillte and Suzanne O'Connell of DCC Parks, and others, will be announced soon.

Please visit the exhibition's page for more details on this exhibition.

Image: Yanny Petters, Cathal Brugha Planes 2023, verre églomisé/reverse painting on convex glass with watercolour drawing background 51cm x 51cm. Photo by Tony Kearns.