Book Launch: Solstice Arts Centre presents Isabel Nolan in conversation with Francis Halsall

Solstice Arts Centre presented the launch of a new book A DELICATE BOND WHICH IS ALSO A GAP by Isabel Nolan at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios 7 March 2024. Artist Isabel Nolan is in conversation with Francis Halsall, writer, lecturer and co-Director of Art in the Contemporary World Masters Programme, NCAD, Dublin. A DELICATE BOND WHICH IS ALSO A GAP is designed by Oonagh Young, and features work exhibited in Nolan’s comprehensive 2021 exhibition 'A delicate bond which is also a gap' at Solstice, and a body of work which followed on from the making of the show. The exhibition alluded to a vast span of time bringing together drawings, sculpture, two woven images of the 40,000-year-old sculpture 'Löwenmensch', 'Miracle Wave 2698 CE' and concluding with the ambitious, specially commissioned tapestry summoning images of the disintegrating sun 'When the sky above will not be named'. The publication features texts by the artist; Irish fiction and arts writer Sue Rainsford; Berlin-based writer and critic Martin Herbert, and an introduction by Solstice director Belinda Quirke. Isabel Nolan represented Ireland at the 2005 Venice Biennale in a group exhibition. Her work has featured in EVA International, Limerick 2018; LIAF biennial, Norway, 2015; Artspace, Sydney, 2015; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2013; Beijing Art Museum, 2008, and Glasgow International, 2006. Nolan is on the board of Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, where she is a six-year studio member. She is represented by Kerlin Gallery, Dublin. Solstice is a regional arts centre in the north east of Ireland, connecting artists and their work to local, national and international audiences. Inviting artists and communities to connect with us in our own special way. Programming a diverse range of music, theatre, visual arts, cinema and dance from local and international artists and companies.