EXHIBITION | ' Other World Trouble' with Dervla O'Flaherty

Exhibition | Dervla O'Flaherty

'Otherworld Trouble' is an exhibition of mixed-media paintings by Dervla O'Flaherty. These intimate works draw from the artist's interest in myth, the unknown and the self. Much of the visual textures were gathered during her recent travels (Hungary, Malta, Cyprus, Georgia, Armenia and Alaska) and consolidated into artworks in Ireland. Expressive abstract pieces contemplate the allure and peril of venturing beyond the known into 'the Otherworld', whatever that concept may mean to the individual.

"Akin to poetry, certain types of art allow access to the unconscious. My painting is a deliberate reordering of known elements into wild unknown places where it’s possible to discover new worlds and new meaning. My current painting series ‘Otherworld Problems’ explores access points and entrances in myth and memory, which includes building a visual lexicon of abstract maps, doorways, windows, wells and rabbit holes. Anything could happen, said the poet C.D. Wright, in the strange cities of the mind."