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AUTUMN | WINTER 2019
digital technology has come to the fore and
allowed artists to alter images in new ways.
Sitting perhaps somewhat uneasily with
traditional photomontage, digital design
packages have expanded the ability of
artists to arrange, scale, colourise and
compose images.
Some artists have eschewed these new
technologies and continue to work in the
tradition of cutting and collaging from
existing material. Others have incorporated
some digital treatment within their work.
This exhibition features three Irish Artists
who work within this changing area of image-
making: Laura McMorrow is a visual artist
based in Leitrim; Joe Lee is an artist and
film-maker living in Dublin and Sean Hillen
is a native of Northern Ireland whose notable
works include ‘The Troubles’ and ‘Irelantis’.
The Artists
Laura McMorrow was born in 1986 and
graduated from Fine Art Painting in Limerick
School of Art in 2008. She holds a Masters in
Fine Art from Ulster University (2012). Recent
solo exhibitions include The Lost Acre, Leitrim
Sculpture Centre (2018). Recent group
exhibitions include ‘Greenhouse’, Devonshire
Collective (2017) and Barnacle at the 126
Gallery in Galway (2019).
Explorers Yoho Glacier by Laura McMorrow
Drawing on a rich tradition of photomontage
as a means of creating new images and
meaning from old, the exhibition ‘Cut/Paste’
incorporates pieces from three Irish artists as
well as looking at the historical development of
this art-form
Photomontage methods of physically cutting
and re-arranging images have undergone a
transformation in the past three decades as
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Laura’s practice incorporates video installation,
sculpture, collage, and painting and her work
is an exploration of perception and reality,
fiction and fantasy and of interplanetary and
otherworldliness. She says ‘ There is a
pseudoscientific aesthetic to the work, which
has been influenced by science fiction films
and B-movies. With recent developments in
the use of computer-generated imagery (CGI)
in film making, McMorrow is drawn to the
craftsmanship of cinema history.’
She lives and works in Leitrim.
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