Dermot O’Brien has always been interested in the possibilities of materials and objects that have a generative and poetic potential. Objects that generate light or heat or sound or have other properties. He intentionally incorporates into his work the most ordinary or utilitarian items, things that are not initially culturally loaded. The work often juxtaposes polar opposites; darkness/lightness noise/silence. Many pieces deal with language and codes and layers of meaning. Dermot’s interests also extends to the relationship between art, science and nature. Materials are core to Dermot’s practice.
Selected Exhibitions
2011 ‘Substance & Accident’, PayneShurvell gallery
2011 ‘Substance & Accident’, MOCA, LOndon
2010 ‘The Shipping Forecast’, Woburn Gallery, London
2010 ‘A Bright and Guilty Place’, PayneShurvell Gallery, London2010
2010 ‘Preambles and Perambulations’, Charles Dickens Museum, London
2005 ‘Trunk Show’, London Metropolitan University
2004 ‘Summer Exhibition’, Galerie Kurt, Berlin
2002 ‘Lux Eterna’, Programa Arts, Mexico City
Selected Publications
‘Empire of the Senses: Installation Art in the New Millenium’. Thames & Hudson, London
‘Mercury’, Museum of Installation, London
Collections
The British Council, DuPont Foundation, Netherlands, Stichiting Vedute, Netherlands, Private Collections throughout Europe.