Vacant Spaces

Vacant Spaces

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Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Thursday 24th October - Sunday 3rd November

The Doorway Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition by David Ryan, entitled, Vacant Spaces, on Thursday, October 24th between 7-9pm at Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Rathfarnham.

David Ryan is an outsider artist who works out of various squats around Dublin. His current projects include several series of oil paintings.

He also participates in festival builds and is a committed member of the infamous Irish Underground piano bar crew at Glastonbury, and the Bog Cottage at Electric Picnic.

He has been painting continuously from a young age and is currently refining his own techniques in photo-realistic oil paintings. Previous to this his recent work had focused on disused spaces and dereliction before moving into documenting the spaces of Grangegorman ‘Squat-City’ in Dublin.

The exhibition is part of the Nutgrove Arts Festival.

Date:
Thursday 24th October - Sunday 3rd November
Time:
Varies
Address:
Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Nutgrove Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
Google Map of Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Nutgrove Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland

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