MEADHBH McILGORM

Wreath Rope

- Fibre & Flower, sculptural  installation - 

LOCATION NO. 2

Belfast and its rivers are tied up with our fading industrial past of ropeworks and linen mills. Now the synthetic fibres from petrochemicals in fashion, fishing nets and many more industrial products are accumulating on the planet at a rate that is causing irreversible damage. This wreath is a fading memorial to this imperfect past. As it weathers in this outdoor exhibition we are reminded that there is beauty in the shorter life cycle of natural materials.


ARTIST STATEMENT

Meadhbh McIlgorm is an Irish artist who tells stories through objects, installation and imagery. She studied Craft Design and History of Art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, specialising in glass and graduating in 2013. Her practice takes a material-centred approach to ephemeral phenomena, intangible concepts, and liminal states. She makes mixed media work that is frequently unstable and impermanent exploring the fragility of edges and boundaries. She is a studio holder at QSS in Belfast.

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