Mere Coincidence ?

Mere Coincidence? Fri.3rd Feb 2012

2012-01-16T07:41:00.000-08:00

'The Portrait' is one of the themes for the February Open Studio event, and this take on the Magazine cover includes a portrait of the painter Grainne O'Reilly, which was taken by Fintan Friel. During the event he will be providing an 'Instant Portrait' service which means you can get a 6x4 inch print of your portrait there and then for only £5.

MERE COINCIDENCE?

2011-12-22T02:39:00.001-08:00

MERE COINCIDENCE?

A casual and convivial meeting of people in the studio of Fintan Friel & Negar Rahimi.

WHAT? A monthly open-studio event
WHEN? Every first Friday of each month
WHERE? P1 Studios in Bow, London (E3) Part of Bow Arts Trust
WHY? Ultimately the intention is to meet people interested in art and cultural entrepreneurship
DRINKS? Please BYO, off licence on Bow Rd.

FOOD? Free nibbles available

BOOKING? No booking required for this free event

WiFi? Free wifi available

HOW TO FIND US * Nearest tube is Bow Rd. Rail - Bow Church

P1 STUDIOS
PAYNE RD.
LONDON E3

1. As you exit tube/train, immediately cross over Bow Road and turn right
2. Walk east down to the end of Bow Road, past Bow Arts Trust on left and old church on right
3. Turn left into Payne Road when you see McDonalds
4. Entrance gate is on left, please phone/text 077 661 65958 for entry
5. Studios are at back of yard

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Mere Coincidence? Previous Exhibition Documentation. Fintan Friel (Dublin, 2009)

2009-09-23T01:06:00.000-07:00

Mere Coincidence?
New work by Fintan Friel
Opens Friday, September 11th 2009 6-9pm

(Music by DJ Caroline)
Unit H Gallery, The Market Studios, Halston St. Dublin 7
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'Perhaps true, total photography is a pile of fragments of private images, against the creased background of massacres and coronations.'
Italo Calvino (The adventure of a Photographer) 1958.

The title of this exhibition 'Mere Coincidence?' refers to how meaning is constructed in the context of Art practice, how ambiguous narratives become solid forms and how 'mistakes are the portals of discovery' (James Joyce). The exhibition opens on September 11th and includes a work which specifically references the mediation of the 9/11 disaster. The front page of the New York Times from the day after 9/11 is sampled and re-configured with personal photographs, replacing the spectacular with the subjective, opening a narrative involving individual personal experience of the event in terms of mediated and personal memory.

Using the motif of a vandal 'keying' a car this classic, minimal graffiti mark is referenced, deconstructed and re-constructed throughout the show in a series of works which explore the context of public space (the street) combining photography, screen-print and spray-paint. The exhibition culminates in a newly created public space which Friel has renovated and produced using found materials from the local Market area. Installing seating and a DJ facility this out-door roof-space has been re-purposed as a club (social space) called 'Mere Coincidence?' for the opening night and the music will be provided by DJ Caroline (found tunes and electro\market beats re-mixed for your dancing pleasure).

Fintan Friel graduated from The University of Ulster in Belfast in 1992 with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art and his casual and mundane relationship with graffiti has grown out of living and working in New York and Melbourne. He has been resident in The Market Studios since July '08 and previous exhibitions include 'Rhythm-a-Ning' which was commissioned by Context Gallery (Derry).