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BY KATHRYN MAGUIRE
To the Mountain.
2024
Limestone from Trotter’s Quarry, Leitrim, Ireland, carved by stone mason Seamus Dunbar.
50x 50 w x 60cm
The symbol is of a trig point found on mountains and sites of elevation on a map.
To the Mountain was Maguire's premier solo show, exploring the mapping of Mountains. The mapping of Ireland was developed to facilitate taxation and know the 'Underground Potential' of geological and material value. The mapping was done by triangulation by creating a series of primary triangles. Sightings were taken between stations using theodolites. This, and the artist's question, 'Do Mountains commune with us?' has inspired the fabrication of the works on show. Maguire attempted to commune with the interior Mountain. Mountains in Ireland's North West are living and pulsing with fossils from watery beginnings, crinoids and corals are deep within the rock within the Mountain, deep time present.
To the Mountain.
2024
Limestone from Trotter’s Quarry, Leitrim, Ireland, carved by stone mason Seamus Dunbar.
50x 50 w x 60cm
The symbol is of a trig point found on mountains and sites of elevation on a map.
To the Mountain was Maguire's premier solo show, exploring the mapping of Mountains. The mapping of Ireland was developed to facilitate taxation and know the 'Underground Potential' of geological and material value. The mapping was done by triangulation by creating a series of primary triangles. Sightings were taken between stations using theodolites. This, and the artist's question, 'Do Mountains commune with us?' has inspired the fabrication of the works on show. Maguire attempted to commune with the interior Mountain. Mountains in Ireland's North West are living and pulsing with fossils from watery beginnings, crinoids and corals are deep within the rock within the Mountain, deep time present.
Kathryn Maguire works in Sligo and London. She holds a Masters in Sculpture from Royal College of Art, London, a BA in Fine Art Sculpture from CCAD, Cork and an MA in Art in the Contemporary World from NCAD, Dublin. Her practice engages text, sculpture, video, and installation. Her primary medium is sculpture. Over the last seven years she has researched the impact of mining locations of minerals and metals and their histories. Exploring geology, the history of materials, building materials, and the circular economy, her practice concentrates on lithics, minerals, mining and knowing place from the mantle up. Her work asks questions of the experience and complexities of deep time visible in landscape and matter through scientific analysis.
BY KATHRYN MAGUIRE
To the Mountain.
2024
Limestone from Trotter’s Quarry, Leitrim, Ireland, carved by stone mason Seamus Dunbar.
50x 50 w x 60cm
The symbol is of a trig point found on mountains and sites of elevation on a map.
To the Mountain was Maguire's premier solo show, exploring the mapping of Mountains. The mapping of Ireland was developed to facilitate taxation and know the 'Underground Potential' of geological and material value. The mapping was done by triangulation by creating a series of primary triangles. Sightings were taken between stations using theodolites. This, and the artist's question, 'Do Mountains commune with us?' has inspired the fabrication of the works on show. Maguire attempted to commune with the interior Mountain. Mountains in Ireland's North West are living and pulsing with fossils from watery beginnings, crinoids and corals are deep within the rock within the Mountain, deep time present.
To the Mountain.
2024
Limestone from Trotter’s Quarry, Leitrim, Ireland, carved by stone mason Seamus Dunbar.
50x 50 w x 60cm
The symbol is of a trig point found on mountains and sites of elevation on a map.
To the Mountain was Maguire's premier solo show, exploring the mapping of Mountains. The mapping of Ireland was developed to facilitate taxation and know the 'Underground Potential' of geological and material value. The mapping was done by triangulation by creating a series of primary triangles. Sightings were taken between stations using theodolites. This, and the artist's question, 'Do Mountains commune with us?' has inspired the fabrication of the works on show. Maguire attempted to commune with the interior Mountain. Mountains in Ireland's North West are living and pulsing with fossils from watery beginnings, crinoids and corals are deep within the rock within the Mountain, deep time present.
Kathryn Maguire works in Sligo and London. She holds a Masters in Sculpture from Royal College of Art, London, a BA in Fine Art Sculpture from CCAD, Cork and an MA in Art in the Contemporary World from NCAD, Dublin. Her practice engages text, sculpture, video, and installation. Her primary medium is sculpture. Over the last seven years she has researched the impact of mining locations of minerals and metals and their histories. Exploring geology, the history of materials, building materials, and the circular economy, her practice concentrates on lithics, minerals, mining and knowing place from the mantle up. Her work asks questions of the experience and complexities of deep time visible in landscape and matter through scientific analysis.
BY KATHRYN MAGUIRE
To the Mountain.
2024
Limestone from Trotter’s Quarry, Leitrim, Ireland, carved by stone mason Seamus Dunbar.
50x 50 w x 60cm
The symbol is of a trig point found on mountains and sites of elevation on a map.
To the Mountain was Maguire's premier solo show, exploring the mapping of Mountains. The mapping of Ireland was developed to facilitate taxation and know the 'Underground Potential' of geological and material value. The mapping was done by triangulation by creating a series of primary triangles. Sightings were taken between stations using theodolites. This, and the artist's question, 'Do Mountains commune with us?' has inspired the fabrication of the works on show. Maguire attempted to commune with the interior Mountain. Mountains in Ireland's North West are living and pulsing with fossils from watery beginnings, crinoids and corals are deep within the rock within the Mountain, deep time present.
To the Mountain.
2024
Limestone from Trotter’s Quarry, Leitrim, Ireland, carved by stone mason Seamus Dunbar.
50x 50 w x 60cm
The symbol is of a trig point found on mountains and sites of elevation on a map.
To the Mountain was Maguire's premier solo show, exploring the mapping of Mountains. The mapping of Ireland was developed to facilitate taxation and know the 'Underground Potential' of geological and material value. The mapping was done by triangulation by creating a series of primary triangles. Sightings were taken between stations using theodolites. This, and the artist's question, 'Do Mountains commune with us?' has inspired the fabrication of the works on show. Maguire attempted to commune with the interior Mountain. Mountains in Ireland's North West are living and pulsing with fossils from watery beginnings, crinoids and corals are deep within the rock within the Mountain, deep time present.
Kathryn Maguire works in Sligo and London. She holds a Masters in Sculpture from Royal College of Art, London, a BA in Fine Art Sculpture from CCAD, Cork and an MA in Art in the Contemporary World from NCAD, Dublin. Her practice engages text, sculpture, video, and installation. Her primary medium is sculpture. Over the last seven years she has researched the impact of mining locations of minerals and metals and their histories. Exploring geology, the history of materials, building materials, and the circular economy, her practice concentrates on lithics, minerals, mining and knowing place from the mantle up. Her work asks questions of the experience and complexities of deep time visible in landscape and matter through scientific analysis.
BY KATHRYN MAGUIRE
To the Mountain.
2024
Limestone from Trotter’s Quarry, Leitrim, Ireland, carved by stone mason Seamus Dunbar.
50x 50 w x 60cm
The symbol is of a trig point found on mountains and sites of elevation on a map.
To the Mountain was Maguire's premier solo show, exploring the mapping of Mountains. The mapping of Ireland was developed to facilitate taxation and know the 'Underground Potential' of geological and material value. The mapping was done by triangulation by creating a series of primary triangles. Sightings were taken between stations using theodolites. This, and the artist's question, 'Do Mountains commune with us?' has inspired the fabrication of the works on show. Maguire attempted to commune with the interior Mountain. Mountains in Ireland's North West are living and pulsing with fossils from watery beginnings, crinoids and corals are deep within the rock within the Mountain, deep time present.
To the Mountain.
2024
Limestone from Trotter’s Quarry, Leitrim, Ireland, carved by stone mason Seamus Dunbar.
50x 50 w x 60cm
The symbol is of a trig point found on mountains and sites of elevation on a map.
To the Mountain was Maguire's premier solo show, exploring the mapping of Mountains. The mapping of Ireland was developed to facilitate taxation and know the 'Underground Potential' of geological and material value. The mapping was done by triangulation by creating a series of primary triangles. Sightings were taken between stations using theodolites. This, and the artist's question, 'Do Mountains commune with us?' has inspired the fabrication of the works on show. Maguire attempted to commune with the interior Mountain. Mountains in Ireland's North West are living and pulsing with fossils from watery beginnings, crinoids and corals are deep within the rock within the Mountain, deep time present.
Kathryn Maguire works in Sligo and London. She holds a Masters in Sculpture from Royal College of Art, London, a BA in Fine Art Sculpture from CCAD, Cork and an MA in Art in the Contemporary World from NCAD, Dublin. Her practice engages text, sculpture, video, and installation. Her primary medium is sculpture. Over the last seven years she has researched the impact of mining locations of minerals and metals and their histories. Exploring geology, the history of materials, building materials, and the circular economy, her practice concentrates on lithics, minerals, mining and knowing place from the mantle up. Her work asks questions of the experience and complexities of deep time visible in landscape and matter through scientific analysis.