Matthew Gammon

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      An Dáil Cleite / The Feather Assembly

      This gallery features a selection of images from my recent solo exhibition - An Dáil Cleite / The Feather Assembly. The title is taken from the Seán Mac Fheorais poem, Cága.

      The exhibition represents my recent studies of the beauty and character of our most commonplace neighbours, the members of the crow family (specifically Rooks and Jackdaws) found in counties Roscommon and Sligo. Core to my artistic vision is my desire to bring to the forefront the often ignored beauty of the most commonplace things that surround our everyday lives. For this project I stepped away from my usual subject matter of architecture and landscapes to focus on the domestic wildlife that we live beside all our lives. Like many other people the Covid lockdowns and restrictions provided me with the opportunity to explore my locale, and with fewer people and much less traffic my awareness and appreciation of the wildlife that lives on our very doorsteps was awakened.

      The inspiration for the project came from a commission that I undertook for the vocal group, M’ANAM in 2019 to create an image for their debut album. With the deeply spiritual nature of the music, I decided that the work needed an image of an animal both mystical and everyday to reflect this aspect of the music. Following many days of photographing the crows of Strandhill, the piece Hrafnaguõ was created, and my creative interest in crows was ignited.


      Foreboding

      Foreboding

      A Beating of Wings

      A Beating of Wings

      Descent

      Descent

      Feathering

      Feathering

      Crow Down

      Crow Down

      The Jackdaw Stare

      The Jackdaw Stare

      No Fear of Bears

      No Fear of Bears

      Soaring

      Soaring

      Winter Sentinel

      Winter Sentinel

      Winter Sentinel II

      Winter Sentinel II

      Wintering I

      Wintering I

      Wintering II

      Wintering II

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