“This week’s collection was co-curated with Aoife Donnellan @aoifedonnellan. We started this collection by looking at work that highlights the sensation of individual isolation alongside regimented togetherness. We selected pieces that engage with this conflict, born out of the human condition. We referenced Duchamp’s Fresh Widow (1920) in the title as a note on the complexity of our relationship with artwork; it’s aesthetic “outside” value and its conceptual “inside” meaning. Fresh Repose attempts to render the sensation of organised isolation that relies both on the external value placed on individuals and their actions, as well as the human need to be witnessed.” Moran Been-noon

List of work:

01. Ashley B. Holmes: ‘House Head: Ann Sexton’ (above image), acrylic on canvas, 30 cm round, 2017. Photo by Tony Corey.

02. Amy Higgins: ‘Affected’, oil on canvas, 120cm x 120 cm, 2017.

03. Jennifer Trouton: ‘One of Many’, oil and paper on board, mixed sized – overall dimensions 183 x 152 cm, 2019.

04. Dan Ferguson: ‘Rainy Days’, oil on canvas, 183 x 183 x 3 cm.

05. Daniel Coleman: ‘Darkness Came Over The Land’, oil on canvas, 41 x 31 cm, 2017.

06. Daniel Coleman: ‘He Fell To The Studio Floor’, oil on canvas, 32 x 25 cm, 2019

07. Michelle McKeown: ‘Shrink-wrapped Cathleen, Hurrah Vacui  (detail)’, C-type print, 2019.

08. Majella Clancy: ‘Studio Image / Work in Progress’, dimensions variable, 2020.

09. Hannah Clegg: ‘Holy Dove as Martyr (Held, Beating, in These Earth Hands), oil on canvas, 23 x 31 cm, 2018.

10. Hannah Clegg: ‘The Sacred Hunt (Hortus Conclusus)’, oil on canvas, 120 x 152 cm, 2019.

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