Opening Launch: Wednesday 23rd November 2022 at 7pm
Make It Make Sense is the inaugural exhibition of the members of Bó Studios. Bó Studios was set up in 2020, by artists Etaoin O’ Reilly, David Callan, Blathnaid McClean and Olivia Hill and is supported by An Táin Arts Centre and the Arts Council of Ireland. ‘Make it Make Sense’ features work from all four members, in ceramics, textiles and mixed media including wood, concrete, video and diegetic lighting.
The exhibition is a reflection and response of the last two years of work since the founding of the studio in Dundalk during a globally unprecedented pandemic of lockdowns and isolation and a positive look towards the future.
The title takes its name from the increasingly desperate refrain of these times “make it make sense” and attempts to apply it to the act of making art during these tumultuous times as well as addressing the challenge of combining the disparate mediums and personalities of the Bó Studios members on a collaborative exhibition. The work is also about what it means to have the space, how the studio, a physical entity of bricks and mortar and a roof, acts as a fertile bedrock and encourages the growth of creativity. Bouncing off of this idea, the work for this exhibition will reflect on GROWTH, MUTATION and METAMORPHOSIS. The artists will present an eclectic mix of work created during the last two years along with individual work created along the themes and a collaborative centre-piece. Reflecting the last two years of the founding of the studio, rather than a carefully curated layout, Bó will embrace the chaos.
