That’s quiet Wright!

The Crawford Art Gallery has announced a new large-scale exhibition of work by one of Ireland’s most well-known visual artists.

Daphne Wright’s ‘A quiet mutiny’ will open to the public next month, offering Leeside visitors a chance to enjoy her newest pieces as she further explores the human condition.

Wright’s new exhibition sets out to address the poignant and mundane elements of everyday life as she attempts to create an eerie, yet beautiful world across two gallery floors.

The Dublin artist often focuses on familiar objects including buggies, houseplants and household appliances to highlight their fleeting and momentary qualities.

One section of the exhibition will feature a series of small abstracted creatures made from clay, inspired by Wright’s observation of an obsessive craze for collectible figures amongst her sons and their friends.

In another instalment, ‘Shopping Trolley’, she focuses on a typical visit to the supermarket and the realities of consumerism in modern-day Ireland.

One of the more disturbing installments is a stab victim which lies on the gallery floor, originally drawn by Wright’s son and then realised by her with clay.

The exhibition will also feature a video piece entitled ‘Is Everyone Ok?’ which looks at retirement and health and the ideas of uselessness and redundancy.

A second video, ‘Song of Songs’ investigates the relationships that carers have with more vulnerable family members.

‘A quiet mutiny’ will run from 15 November to 16 February at the Crawford Art Gallery. The artist will give a public talk at 1pm on 15 November at the gallery.

A spokesperson for the Crawford Art Gallery said that it is “committed to supporting artists to create new bodies of work”, and is proud to offer artists the opportunity have direct and meaningful engagements with audiences.