Films
A selection of films, clips and videos about our shows, artists, talks and other exhibition-related events
2024
Gallerist Olivier Cornet in conversation with Alan Keane, The Artist's Well, Sunday 9 June 2024
Every Saturday morning since Covid-19, the portrait artist Alan Keane has been conducting very interesting live interviews via Zoom with visual artists, mainly, but also with other protagonists of the arts in Ireland.
The programme is called The Artist's Well:
Previous interviewees from our stable of artist include Hugh Cummins, Yanny Petters, Miriam McConnon, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Nickie Hayden. Please scroll below to see the links to these interviews.
On 9th June 2024, to mark the opening of our thematic group show entitled "Pink is my colour", Alan Keane came to the gallery to talk to gallerist Oliver Cornet about what exactly is meant by 'curating' an exhibition.
2023
Cogadh na gCarad / the War between Friends, Filmmaker Aoife Gillies captures the atmosphere at the opening of the show on 7 March 2023
If you missed the official opening of Eoin Mac Lochlainn's exhibition Cogadh na gCarad / the War between Friends
at the Olivier Cornet Gallery and first (and second) screening at the Garden of Remembrance, here is a wonderful film we commissioned Aoife Gillies to produce in order to capture the atmosphere of that special event on 7 March 2023
Cogadh na gCarad / the War between Friends is a project that commemorates all the dead of the Irish Civil War.
The Irish Times video editor Bryan O'Brien also filmed the projection at the Garden of Remembrance. Click here
to acess the video on The Irish Times website.
2022
'Lost Lace', Miriam McConnon presents her new collaborative art project 5 April 2022
Olivier Cornet Gallery artist Miriam McConnon
presents her new collaborative art project which will launch at Iveagh Gardens in October 2022
Lost Lace is an outdoor art installation to commemorate the lives lost to covid 19. Members of the public who have lost loved ones to the pandemic are invited to share their stories (in the form of messages) on http://www.lostlace.com
from May 2022 to August 2022. These stories will be the inspiration for a series of poems to be written by the poet Jessica Traynor and presented alongside Miriam McConnon's installation at Iveagh Gardens in October 2022. This project is supported by Dublin City Arts Office and the OPW. You can follow it on Facebook, Instagram
and Twitter.
2021
Making box forms in felt - 5 December 2021
A film featuring Annika Berglung in which the artist shows her technique for creating box forms in felt. The film was made in the context of the artist's solo show 'Interlocked' which ran at the Olivier Cornet Gallery from 14 November to 11 December 2021.
A film by Annika Berglund (still photography by Ramona Farrelly)
In conversation with Yanny Petters - 3 November 2021
A conversation between art historian Jean Ryan and Yanny Petters in the context of the artist's solo show 'Field of Vision'. The exhibition ran at the Olivier Cornet Gallery from 10 October to 6 November 2021.
The conversation was streamed live on our YouTube channel as well as on our Facebook page where it can still be seen
Culture Night with Aisling Conroy's show and a live gig with Irish band CUA - 17 September 2021
Artist Aisling Conroy invited the Irish band CUA
to perform live at the gallery for Culture Night, in synergy with her current show ALTER / ALTAR.
For more details about this event, have a look at the announcement
on our blog page.
The gig was streamed live on the gallery's Facebook page initially. It can still be watched there. You can also watch it on our own YouTube channel
by kind permission of the band.
'Displaced Privilege', Miriam McConnon presents her new body of work11 May 2021
Olivier Cornet Gallery artist Miriam McConnon
presents her new body of work exhibited at the gallery in May - June 2021
For more details about the show, please visit the Displaced Privilege
exhibition page.
A film by Nicholas Iordanou and Sylvia Nicolaides
'Is glas iad na Cnoic', a solo show by Eoin Mac LochlainnRTE Nuacht, Tuesday 20 April 2021
RTE Nuacht journalist Irene Ní Nualláin interviewed the artist at the Olivier Cornet Gallery on Saturday 17 April 2021.
The show itself is available in our 3D Virtual Space
and at the gallery when we reopen to the public. Visit the exhibition's page
to find out more about it. You can also view/download the exhibition catalogue here.
'Is glas iad na Cnoic', a solo show by Eoin Mac LochlainnOnline launch with a conversation between the artist and art historian Jackie Ryan, Sunday 18 April 2021
This livestreamed event took place on Facebook and YouTube on Sunday 18 April 2021. It includes a short film made by the artist (shortly after we installed the show at the gallery), followed by a conversation between the artist and the art historian, art consultant and producer Jackie Ryan.
The show is available in our 3D Virtual Space
and at the gallery when we reopen to the public. Visit the exhibition's page
to find out more about it. You can also view/download the exhibition catalogue here.
"YOU'RE A GROWN UP - WHY DO YOU USE CRAYONS?"A live streamed event on Facebook and YouTube, Thursday 8 April 2021
This live event took place in the context of JAM HAVOC, a two-person exhibition featuring new work by Olivier Cornet Gallery artist Kelly Ratchford and guest artist Jaki Coffey.
In this live steam which you can also watch on YouTube, the two artists answered great questions from people aged 2-18 years, maybe the next generation of art critics in Ireland?
Claire Halpin in conversation with Alan KeaneThe Artist's Well, Saturday 6 February 2021
Every Saturday morning since Covid-19, the portrait artist Alan Keane has been conducting very interesting live interviews via Zoom with visual artists, mainly, but also with other protagonists of the arts in Ireland.
The programme is called The Artist's Well:
Previous interviewees include Nickie Hayden, Hugh Cummins, Yanny Petters, Miriam McConnon
(see films below), John Minihan, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Ray Yeates, Dr Noelle Campbell Sharp and gallerist Olivier Cornet, for instance. On Saturday 6 February 2021, 10am (Irish Time) the interviewee was artist Claire Halpin.
Have a look at the other interviews on Alan's YouTube
page and subscribe to it.
2020
Sanctuary and PoetryA live streamed event on Facebook and YouTube, Sunday 15 November 2020
This event took place in the context of Nickie Hayden's solo show 'Sanctuary' at the Olivier Cornet Gallery (8 November to 13 December 2020).
An evening of visual art and poetry with Nickie Hayden, Ray Hegarty and the SAOL Sisters, Peter Money, Toyomi Iwawaki Riebel, Catherine Ann Cullen, Rachael Hegarty, Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan, with special thanks to Robert Russell. Click here
if you prefer to watch it on YouTube.
The poems read by their respective authors, namely Peter Money, Catherine Ann Cullen, Rachael Hegarty, Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan, are available as limited-edition screen prints. Click here to find out about these very affordable Christmas gifts.
Nickie Hayden in conversation with Alan KeaneThe Artist's Well, Saturday 31 October 2020
Every Saturday morning since Covid-19, the portrait artist Alan Keane has been conducting very interesting live interviews via Zoom with visual artists, mainly, but also with other protagonists of the arts in Ireland.
The programme is called The Artist's Well:
Previous interviewees include Hugh Cummins, Yanny Petters, Miriam McConnon
(see films below), John Minihan, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Ray Yeates, Dr Noelle Campbell Sharp and gallerist Olivier Cornet, for instance. On Saturday 31 October 2020, 10am (Irish Time) the interviewee was artist Nickie Hayden, a member of our AGA group here at the gallery! In this very inspirational interview, the artist talks about her career and about Sanctuary, her upcoming show at the Olivier Cornet Gallery.
Have a look at the other interviews on Alan's YouTube
page and subscribe to it.
'Saga', performed by Pearse McGloughlinA response to Eoin Mac Lochlainn's show Covid Eyes
Tuesday 20 October 2020
Tuesday 20 October 2020
A video featuring Pearse McGloughlin
performing 'Saga' at the Olivier Cornet Gallery in response to Eoin Mac Lochlainn's 'Covid Eyes' exhibition. Filmed on Tuesday 20 October 2020, the night before Covid 19 level 5 restrictions came into effect in Ireland which meant closing the gallery for a 6-week period.
Once Upon A Time in an Art GalleryArt historian/storyteller Jean Ryan and OCG artist Eoin Mac Lochlainn
Online event Thursday 15 October 2020
Online event Thursday 15 October 2020
'Once Upon a Time in an Art Gallery' is a collaboration between the Olivier Cornet Gallery and art historian/storyteller Jean Ryan.
This online event, live-streamed on Facebook on 15 October 2020, took place in the context of Covid Eyes, Eoin Mac Lochlainn's exhibition at the gallery. It started with a beautiful pre-recorded story written and told by Jean Ryan and accompanied by work by all our artists (and some of our guest artists). Jean then went live to speak about the author of the original story before introducing Eoin Mac Lochlainn's painting based on that story. Eoin then joined her to talk about this particular work.
Recorded at the Olivier Cornet Gallery on 15 october 2020
Recorded at the Olivier Cornet Gallery on 15 october 2020
Hugh Cummins in conversation with Alan KeaneThe Artist's Well, Saturday 10 October 2020
Every Saturday morning since Covid-19, the portrait artist Alan Keane has been conducting very interesting live interviews via Zoom with visual artists, mainly, but also with other protagonists of the arts in Ireland.
The programme is called The Artist's Well:
Previous interviewees include Yanny Petters, Miriam McConnon
(see films below), John Minihan, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Ray Yeates, Dr Noelle Campbell Sharp and gallerist Olivier Cornet, for instance. On Saturday 10 October 2020, 10am (Irish Time) the interviewee was wood artist Hugh Cummins, one of the artists we represent! In this very captivating interview, the artist talks about his career, the various techniques he uses, and presents pieces that have been part of our themed shows here at the gallery, some of which having joined great collections.
Have a look at the other interviews on Alan's YouTube
page and subscribe to it.
Yanny Petters in conversation with Alan KeaneThe Artist's Well, Saturday 26 September 2020
Every Saturday morning since Covid-19, the portrait artist Alan Keane has been conducting very interesting live interviews via Zoom with visual artists, mainly, but also with other protagonists of the arts in Ireland.
The programme is called The Artist's Well:
Previous interviewees include Miriam McConnon (see film below), John Minihan, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Ray Yeates, Dr Noelle Campbell Sharp and gallerist Olivier Cornet, for instance. On Saturday 26 September 2020, 10am (Irish Time) the interviewee was plant portraitist Yanny Petters, one of the artists we represent! In this great interview, the artist talks about her career, her ever-evolving techniques, her many fields of investigation and presents pieces that have joined great public collections.
Have a look at the other interviews on Alan's YouTube
page and subscribe to it.
Pearse McGlouglin at Olivier Cornet GalleryA live streamed performance for Culture Night, 18 September 2020
A great performance by the artist and songwriter from Sligo, Pearse McGloughlin, here at the Olivier Cornet Gallery for Culture Night 2020. Due to restrictions in place for Covid-19, we decided to stream the event on Facebook for people to enjoy Pearse's gig from the comfort of their homes. The paintings in the background are part of John Fitzsimons's 'Time and Space' solo show at the gallery. For more information about Pearse McGloughlin, have a look at our programme
for the night. Pearse and his band Nocturnes are to release their new album The Rest
in Autumn this year.
Recorded and filmed by Pearse McGloughlin.
Miriam McConnon, Lost LaceAn installation for Sculpture in Context 2020, 26 August 2020
The installation is made up of 1777 handkerchief roses and is dedicated to the lives lost to Covid 19 in Ireland to date. Due to the pandemic, the annual Sculpture in Context at The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Dublin was cancelled this year but artists were invited to present their work online. Olivier Cornet Gallery artist Miriam McConnon
installed the artworks temporarily in Paphos where she resides and photographs
were posted online in addition to this film.
A film by Charalambos Charalambous.
Miriam McConnon in conversation with Alan KeaneThe Artist's Well, Saturday 22 August 2020
Every Saturday morning since Covid-19, the portrait artist Alan Keane has been conducting very interesting live interviews via Zoom with visual artists, mainly, but also with other protagonists of the arts in Ireland.
The programme is called The Artist's Well:
Previous interviewees include John Minihan, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Ray Yeates, Dr Noelle Campbell Sharp and gallerist Olivier Cornet, for instance. On Saturday 22 August, 10am (Irish Time) the interviewee was Cyprus-based Irish-born visual artist Miriam McConnon, one of the artists we represent! In this great interview, the artist talks about her career, her multi-faceted practice between drawing, painting and installation work.
Have a look at the other interviews on Alan's YouTube
page and subscribe to it.
The Morphing Feminine, a Bloomsday 2020 group showOnline launch with artists' talk on 16 June 2020
In this live stream, gallerist Olivier Cornet asks six of the artists about their work in the show The Morphing Feminine. The chat starts with a great live performance of Molly in her bed by the artist Caitríona Ní Threasaigh.
A walk through Susanne Wawra's Sitzfleisch workLivestream event on Facebook, 28 May 2020
In this live stream, Dublin-based artist Susanne Wawra and gallerist Olivier Cornet discussed some specific artworks in the artist's solo exhibition SITZFLEISCH. The artists also answered questions from the online audience.
You can choose to jump in at the 11:06 minute mark when Olivier introduced the artist. Prior to that we were greeting people as they joined in and Susanne also went for a quick stroll in the virtual space for the benefit of first-time visitors.
Sketching an apple with watercolour.Yanny Petters, 28 May 2020
"Watercolours lend themselves well to creating sketches", says Olivier Cornet Gallery artist Yanny Petters. "In this film I combine the wet-in-wet technique and the layered technique to create textural technique while listening to Sandman's Dance, a beautiful tune by Jens Kommnick'
Filmed and edited by Tony Kearns.
Sketching an apple with watercolour pencil.Yanny Petters, 26 May 2020
"Watercolour pencil is a great medium for making colour sketches", says Olivier Cornet Gallery artist Yanny Petters. "I love how they become so rich in colour when wetted with a brush. Here's an apple, created while listening to Jens Kommnick's 'Air For Thomas'
Filmed and edited by Tony Kearns.
Sketching an Apple with Conté crayon.Yanny Petters, 25 May 2020
Olivier Cornet Gallery artist Yanny Petters
often begins a painting by doing a few sketches in conté on cartridge paper. Here is a short video accompanied by Silky Moon, a beautiful piece of music by Jens Kommnick
Filmed and edited by Tony Kearns.
'Sitzfleisch', an online solo show of new work by Susanne Wawra.Launch in the Olivier Cornet Gallery's new 3D Virtual Space
through a livestream on Facebook, Monday 18 May 2020
You can choose to jump in at the 18 minute mark, just like at an exhibition launch in real life, the hosts were hanging around greeting people as they joined in.
In this live stream, artist Susanne Wawra and gallerist Olivier Cornet answered questions on their approach to take this show online into the gallery's new 3D virtual space in the context of Covid-19. During the broadcast, they also showed attendees how to move through the 3D exhibition space. The artist also answered questions about her practice, her new body of work, the concept of Sitzfleisch and her multi-layered take on it. Click here
to enter the space and see the exhibition.
'Drawing on Don Quixote', a group exhibitionOlivier Cornet Gallery, 19 January - 15 March 2020
This exhibition was first presented at National Opera House, as part of Wexford Festival Opera in October 2019, then at VUE Art Fair (RHA Dublin) in November 2019. New work was added to the third and last edition of the show here at the gallery. The show was to run until the 29th of March 2020 but on the 15th of March we decided to close the gallery temporarily for the safety of our staff and visitors. Under normal circumstances we would have spent more time filming and re-shooting as part of the post editing phase but this became impossible. We are very glad now that we were able to film the exhibition when we did.
A film produced by Pauline Guillot, our French intern at the gallery.
A film produced by Pauline Guillot, our French intern at the gallery.
'Claire & Us at the art gallery'A Highlanes Gallery Online Workshop
Join Olivier Cornet Gallery artist Claire Halpin
at the Highlanes Gallery
for a hands-on painting workshop exploring colour-mixing, painting techniques and composition, shape, pattern and texture to develop the idea of creating a sense of place - that favourite place from your summer holidays, that imaginary place in your dreams, that place from long ago that you remember or that place you would love to visit when you grow up!
The workshop begins with visiting the exhibition Two Painters: Kathy Tynan and Andrew Vickery
at Highlanes Gallery and focuses on the painting Working Through Dad's Pain
by Kathy Tynan as a starting point for ideas and inspiration.
'Domestic landscapes - Maid at Home'
Miriam McConnon speaks about the evolution of the teacup in her work. Paphos, February 2020
A film by Χαράλαμπος Χαραλάμπους
2019
IMMA presents the exhibition A Vague AnxietyA Vague Anxiety, 12 April 2018 - 25 August 2019, IMMA, Dublin
IMMA presented a group exhibition of emerging Irish and international artists addressing some of the broader concerns of Generation Y.
Featured artists included Susanne Wawra
(member of the Olivier Cornet AGA group) as well as Cristina Bunello, Marie Farrington, Saidhbhín Gibson, Helio León, plattenbaustudio, Brian Teeling , with performances by Alexis Blake and STASIS.
A film presented by curator of the show Sean Kissane. The presentation of Susanne Wawra's work starts at 2:05 and resumes at 4:27.
Miriam McConnon speaks about her installation Tama and the RoseCaves of Seven Saint Georges, Geroskipou, Cyprus, Summer 2019
Miriam Mc Connon's public art installation for the Project Eco Art 2019, Public Art- Private Nature in Paphos Cyprus under the German curator Hermann Pitz. The artwork examines the solitary and personal path of grief. The installation, in the caves of Seven Saint Georges in Geroskipou, was made of 2200 handkerchief roses.
A film by Charalambos Charalambos
Miriam McConnon speaks about her show 'Domestic Resistance'Olivier Cornet Gallery, 19 May - 9 June 2019
An exhibition maybe best described as a reflection on the human narrative of displacement...
The show -and one work in particular- was reviewed by Niall MacMonagle in the Independent. Click on the link above to learn all about it.
A film by Sylvia Nicolaides
Patrick Pearse Connemara and Irish IdentityEaster Rising Stories
In this excellent documentary, Patrick Pearse's great grandnephew's Eoin Mac Lochlainn (Olivier Cornet Gallery artist) and his brother Fearghas Mac Lochlainn outline the importance of Connemara, Irish culture, Irish identity and the Irish language for Pearse. Pearse also trained Volunteers in Rosmuc. Curator of the Pearse Museum Brian Crowley also makes a valuable contribution. Filmed in Rosmuc, Connemara and in St. Enda's.
Directed and edited by Marcus Howard as part of his Easter Rising Stories
series.
2018
Taking down of 'An Choill'Olivier Cornet Gallery, Sunday, 2nd December 2018
'An Choill', an installation of 64 painted lengths of rice paper, was part of 'Deireadh Fómhair', Eoin Mac Lochlainn's solo exhibition at the gallery. The show ran from 21st of October to 2nd of December 2018.
A short film by Eoin Mac Lochlainn
Where North meets South: meet the artist painting our border crossingsâ–º VIDEO: While based in east Belfast, Tullamore born artist David Fox has been travelling along the the border between South and North, documenting in paint and canvas the many crossing points
Posted by The Irish Times on Wednesday, 14 March 2018
'Beyond Brexit: Artist exposes our ‘eerie’ Border fault lineThe Irish Times, Tuesday 12th March 2018
AGA Member David Fox in an interview about his work in the context of Brexit
A video by Bryan O'Brien
WHAT on EARTH has ART got to DO with CLIMATE CHANGE?Olivier Cornet Gallery, Wednesday, 7th March 2018
A panel discussion in the context of '2° C', a group show on climate change curated and hosted by the Olivier Cornet Gallery.
The panel: Paul Leech (GAIA ecotecture, moderator), Paddy Woodworth (author, journalist, lecturer and cultural/environmental tour guide), Hugh Cummins (artist), Yanny Petters (artist), Olivier Cornet (gallerist/curator of the show)
With special thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland who supported the exhibition when it was presented at Vue Contemporary Art Fair 2017 (RHA Dublin)
A film by Michael Coyne
2017
Concerning the Other, an artists' panel talk, Olivier Cornet Gallery, 6th October 2017
In attendance Olivier Cornet (gallerist/curator), Eoin Mac Lochlainn (artist/curator), Claire Halpin (artist/curator), Susanne Wawra (artist), Ben Readman (artist), and Mike Coyne (chair).
Concerning the Other
is a collaborative curatorial project curated by Olivier Cornet, Claire Halpin and Eoin Mac Lochlainn. Artists participating in this project: Brian Fay, Claire Halpin, James Hanley, Joanna Kidney, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Miriam McConnon, Kate Murphy, Ben Readman, Gail Ritchie and Susanne Wawra.
A film by Michael Coyne. See next film below for a presentation of the actual work.
Olivier Cornet Gallery, 10th September - 8th October 2017
Following its initial presentation at the Olivier Cornet Gallery (see filmed talk above), the exhibition was also shown at Queen Street Gallery and Studios (QSS), Belfast, Northern Ireland in March 2018, and at An Táin Arts Centre in Dundalk in March-April 2019
The film here was shot by Mike Coyne at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
The MeetingOlivier Cornet Gallery, August 2017
An exhibition curated by County Laois Arts Officer Muireann Ni Chonailll and gallerist Olivier Cornet. The Meeting
ran at the Olivier Cornet Gallery from 6th August to 3rd September 2017 (after being shown at Laois Arthouse in Stradbally in July) featured work by David Fox, Aileen Hamilton, Darina Meagher and Vicky Smith.
The show got a special mention by Gemma Tipton in the Irish TImes. Click on the link above to find out more.
A film by Michael Coyne
Explorations in WoodOlivier Cornet Gallery, 11-28 july 2017
Hugh Cummins's solo exhibition
was a reflection of the artist's eclectic approach to working with wood which embraces and harnesses its inherent challenging properties of strength and versatility. The show included many different species such as Ash, Bird’s-eye Maple, Burr Elm, Cherry, Curly Maple, Fumed Eucalyptus, Indian Rosewood, Movingui, Rosewood, Sycamore, Teak, Walnut, Wenge and Zebrano.
A film by Michael Coyne
David Norris reads extracts from Ulysses at the Olivier Cornet GalleryOlivier Cornet Gallery, 21 June 2017
This wonderful reading, introduced by the artist James Moore, took place in the context of 'There is a touch of the artist about old Bloom'. The exhibition featured work by 12 professionals (architects, costume and set designers, illustrators, visual artists,..) who sketched around the streets of Dublin 1 for four days in the week leading to Bloomsday. They were inspired and informed by Leopold Bloom's day around the city in Ulysses.
Filmed by Marie-Helene Brohan Delhaye who co-curated the exhibition alongside Jessica Peel-Yates and Olivier Cornet.
"360° of starting the morning in my studio" by Susanne WawraTalbot Street Studios, January 2017
A little roam around Susanne Wawra
in her Talbot Street studio as she is getting ready to work. It's a 360 Degree video, so look around and follow her.
Olivier visited Susanna in her studio later that year and selected her as one of the guest artists for the 'Concerning The Other' collaborative project later that year. Susanne joined the AGA Group
at the Olivier Cornet Gllery in the summer of 2019.
2016
The Easter Rising, an artists' perspective, National Heritage WeekOlivier Cornet Gallery, 25th August 2016
An artist panel discussion chaired by Marcus Howard with Pamela de Brí, Claire Halpin, Kelly Ratchford, Eoin Mac Lochlainn and Olivier Cornet.
The talk was about our show "Republic", a reflection on the 1916 Easter Rising. The exhibition featured artwork by some of the relatives of those who were executed in 1916. The artists gave insight into their work dealing with topics such as the children who lost their lives in 1916 and Arbour Hill, where the 1916 leaders are buried.
A documentary and film directed and edited by Marcus Howard
RepublicOlivier Cornet Gallery, 10th July - 30th August 2016
Curated by Eoin Mac Lochlainn and Olivier Cornet, Republic was a group exhibition commemorating those who died in the struggle for Irish freedom and was also a meditation on the goals of the “Proclamation of the Irish Republic” and how or whether the artists thought that these goals had been fulfilled. The show featured work by gallery artists Claire Halpin, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Yanny Petters, Kelly Ratchford and invited artists David Fox, Beatrice O'Connell, John O'Grady, Eve Parnell, Mary Plunkett and Lorcan Walshe.
A short film by Eoin Mac Lochlainn
Common Ground (trailer)
A project created by Olivier Cornet Gallery artist Miriam McConnon, Feb 2016
Following war in 1974, in which more than 200,000 Greek and Turkish Cypriots were displaced, the island of Cyprus has remained divided until today, separating the two communities that once lived together. A visual art project between children of the two communities that never actually met, but exchanged video messages between them and materials from their city, created a communication bridge between them. The Project titled 'Common Ground' was a bi-communal children’s public art project with Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot children. The project was funded by Paphos 2017, European Capital of Culture.
Common Ground was filmed in 2016 by Film directors Nicholas Iordanou and Sylvia Nicolaides.
Pine Marten perform live at the Olivier Cornet Gallery Culture Night, Dublin 18th September 2015
Over the years the Olivier Cornet Gallery and our artists have collaborated with practitioners of other art forms. Musicians and music composers have featured very highly in these collaborations: Rachel Ní Chuinn, Mark Hennessy, Pearse McGloughlin & his band Nocturnes, Fia Rua (a.k.a. Eoghan Burke), Andy Walsh and his band White Saga, members of the Irish Composers Collective such as Sebastian Adams, Conor Buckley, Julyo and Susan Geaney, to name but a few. In 2015, for Culture Night we asked the band Pine Marten to perform at the gallery in the context of Eoin Mac Lochlainn’s solo show Diaspora.
Paddy Kiernan (banjo, vocals)
Simon Guy (guitar, mandolin, vocals)
Niall Hughes (double bass, vocals).
A Driftwood Doll Films production.
2015
TG4 Imeall's interview of Eoin Mac LochlainnOlivier Cornet Gallery, 1st October 2015
Kate Finnegan visits Diaspora, a solo exhibition of paintings by gallery artist Eoin Mac Lochlainn which ran at the Olivier Cornet Gallery from 13th September to 11th October 2015.
A film by Red Shoe Ltd.
"but the distance between"
A live art performance by Aodán McCardle
National Heritage WeekOlivier Cornet Gallery, 29th August 2015
A live art performance by Aodán McCardle
Through this live performance at the gallery, Aodán McCardle responded to our group show '5 Cavendish Row', an exhibition curated by Olivier Cornet and art historian & author Arran Henderson.
Aodán McCardle is a performance writer, a visual artist, a poet, gardener, tattooist, designer, and maker. He is a co-editor at Veer Books. His PhD was on Action as Articulation of the Contemporary Poem (Birkbeck College, University of London 2013). His current practice is improvised performance/writing/drawing as a finding out.
A Driftwood Doll Films production.
CounterpointThe Octagonal Room, City Assembly House, Dublin, 12-26 April 2015
A solo show by gallery artist Jordi Forniés, organised by the Olivier Cornet Gallery. Click here
for more information about this exhibition.
Original Film Score by Jordi Forniés
A Driftwood Doll Films production.
Rencontre avec Olivier Cornet, galeriste à Dublin (interview in French)By Thomas Hubert (Les Inrocks), Thursday 23 April 2015
The Octagonal Room, City Assembly House, Dublin, 25 April 2015
The Octagonal Room, City Assembly House, Dublin, 25 April 2015
Ireland-based French journalist Thomas Hubert interviews gallerist Olivier Cornet about Jordi Forniés's show Counterpoint and the artist's practice. The interview is also about the gallerist's take on the Irish Art scene in general and his choice of artists.
Filmed and edited by Thomas Hubert for InRocks (Les Frères James) magazine.
A Terrible BeautyThe Octagonal Room, City Assembly House, Dublin, 12th Feb - 4th Mar 2015
The Olivier Cornet Gallery, by kind invitation of the Irish Georgian Society, presented 'A Terrible Beauty', a group show responding to François Bost's WWI photography. François Bost, Olivier Cornet's great grand uncle, served in WWI as a photographer. The show was first presented at the VUE Contemporary Art Fair (RHA, November 2014).
Featured artists: Michelle Byrne, Hugh Cummins, Mark Doherty, Conrad Frankel, John Fitzsimons, Jordi Forniés, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Yanny Petters, Kelly Ratchford, Hanneke van Ryswyk & Adrienne Symes.
A Driftwood Doll Films production.
Music by Bensound.
2011-2014
Miriam McConnon speaks about The Touring TamaMerrion Square, 14th-24th June 2013
The Touring Tama was an outdoor installation by Irish artist Miriam McConnon. For one week, a large cloth covered a tree in Merrion Square, Dublin. The cloth, called the Tama, was made up of handkerchiefs and pieces of traditional lace collected by the artist from the people of Cyprus and Ireland.
The aim of the artist was to bring the ancient Cypriot custom of the hanky tree or or wishing tree to Ireland. Each handkerchief had been a personal possession of somebody and therefore carried its own individual story and many of them had inscriptions to loved ones written on them.
A film produced by Dublin City Council Arts Office.
A film produced by Dublin City Council Arts Office.
Home, TG4 Imeall's interview of Eoin Mac Lochlainn by Sinéad Ní MhaonaighThe Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick, March 2012
This body of work was first shown at The Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin in 2011 with this initial title: “We are where we are”. It was then shown in various art spaces around Ireland between 2012 and 2014. In the Bourn Vincent Gallery, it was entitled: “Home” and later on, the exhibition was re-titled “Dídean/ Home” in Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast, in the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Port Laoise and in the Belltable, Limerick. Eoin Mac Lochlainn joined the Olivier Cornet Gallery in 2014.
Interview in Irish with subtitles by Kevin McGloughlin
'The Alchemist's Chamber', group exhibitionFilmbase, Curved Street, Dublin, 8th -18th December 2011
This exhibition was organised by Olivier Cornet who curated a few exhibitions in the much missed Filmbase building in Temple Bar, Dublin 2, between 2009 and 2012.
The show featured work by Catherine Albieth, Lian Callaghan, Mark Doherty, John Fitzsimons, Jordi Forniés, Yanny Petters, Adrienne Symes, Emily Symes, Sarah Symes, and Hanneke van Ryswyk. The Olivier Cornet Gallery emerged shortly after this show when we opened our doors at the Wooden Building in the same area. The Olivier Cornet Gallery is now located at 3 Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1.
A short fim by Tristan Hutchinson.
'Mirabile Dictu', a solo show by Jordi ForniésFilmbase, Curved Street, Dublin, 17th November - 4th December 2011
This was Jordi Forniés's 5th solo show with Olliart, the name Olivier Cornet used as an independent artists' agent and curator.
A short fim by Tristan Hutchinson.
'Conversion', a solo show by John FitzsimonsFilmbase, Curved Street, Dublin, 27th October - 10th November 2011
This exhibition was organised by Olivier Cornet who was then trading as Olliart.
This was John Fitzsimons' first solo show with us.
A short fim by Tristan Hutchinson.
'Verre Eglomisé' by Yanny Petters 2010
A description of the history and technique of Verre Eglomisé and a demonstration by the artist Yanny Petters
who has been represented by Olivier Cornet since 2004.
Filmed and edited by Tony Kearns.
This film was partially funded by Wicklow County Council's Arts Grants Scheme 2010.
This film was partially funded by Wicklow County Council's Arts Grants Scheme 2010.
Since this page is titled Films, how about a painting depicting a great movie character played by a top actress in a much admired film? Here is 'Waiting' by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, a work you can admire as you enter our Georgian building.
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