• ‘A line describing nothings’, (Images/text rendered from the past lives of 10 hypnotically regressed volunteers)
    ‘A line describing nothings’, (Images/text rendered from the past lives of 10 hypnotically regressed volunteers)
    2008
    Pencil and marker on paper
    60 x 590 in.
  • Somehow you knew that this was coming
    Somehow you knew that this was coming
    2010
    Air, painted Inflatables, cord, antique weight, audiotape, spotlight, floor fan
    Dimensions variable
  • Map of The Empire
    Map of The Empire
    2010
    Still from split screen video
    12 min.
  • Song of songs I
    Song of songs I
    2010
    75 distinctly indigenous bottles of coke, antique cabinet, red Christmas lights
    26 x 26 x 13 in.
  • Split the lark and you'll find the music
    Split the lark and you'll find the music
    2010
    Wood, copper, fan, mandala, plastic, and paper bags
    72 x 54 x 36 in.

Paul Murnaghan

July 01, 2011 - September 30, 2011

ireland

Situated between belief, knowledge, and faith, and drawing on the generosity of exchange, Paul Murnaghan’s practice investigates fragmentary points of intersection between spiritual, scientific, and psychological phenomena. His work considers an aesthetic of empirical faith and frequently attempts to re-inhabit thinking that has lost contemporary credibility. The results of these actions manifest through a multitude of forms and disciplines. Recent projects have employed air, hypnotic regression, and rumour as integral components.

Paul Murnaghan is an Irish artist living in Dublin. Recent exhibitions include, Video Killed the Radio Star at The Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin and Memorious as part of MOPE at The Kunsti Museum of Modern Art in Vaasa, Finland. Murnaghan has exhibited extensively, including group shows in the Philippines and United Sates and solo exhibitions in Finland, Estonia, Germany, and Ireland. His projects such Neocredo (an attempt to write a universal hymn) and Memorious (the selling of his personal memory capacity) also traveled to Sweden and Slovenia. Murnaghan includes curating as part of his practice, and he is currently curator at Place Gallery in Gorey, Co. Wexford, Ireland. He conceived and co-curated This Must Be The Place at IMOCA in Dublin in 2009, and he was the founder and Artistic Director of 5th Gallery at Guinness Storehouse. 

http://www.paulmurnaghan.com