Paul Maye Beyond Appearance
_ Artist’s Statement Having graduated in Fine Art [ Paint & Printmaking ] my work has evolved into a more conceptually driven practice with the choice of medium being determined by the concepts or issues I wish to explore. My work to date across various media including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and radiography, while diverse in range is united through an ongoing exploration into the nature of perception – appearance versus substance. I am specifically interested in the visual tension that is created when the work highlights a conflict that often exists between visual and intellectual knowledge - between what we see and what we know.
_ Beyond Appearance Project Outline The Beyond Appearance project was carried out in the Radiology Dept of University College Hospital Galway in September 2004. During the six-week residency I worked on a series of cast sculptural objects that were specifically designed to be X-Rayed. Many of these objects contained embedded items that could only be revealed through radiological imaging. Once X-rayed, these works frequently displayed a visual tension or conflict between an object’s outer appearance and what lies within. Other pieces took familiar graphic representations of mortality, love and spirituality and translated them into sculptural objects which were then X-Rayed. I was particularly interested in how these familiar graphic icons become transformed through this process – eg. while a arrow through a heart makes for a rather sweet graphic ‘Hallmark’ symbol of love, the same image represented as an X-Ray is something quite different. Through my exploration of the unique properties of such a powerful imaging medium I had to adapt my work practice as a visual artist to focus more on the substance of an object and less on appearance - what it is made of as opposed to what it looks like. The medium itself acted as a metaphor for a recurring theme within my work; an exploration into the nature of perception and, particularly with this work, the desire to get beyond surface appearance. Presenting these works in a medium synonymous with diagnosis heightened the probing nature of my work with many of the final pieces titled in the form of a question.
Installation Shot Galway University Hospital - Radiology Departent Selection of 5 x-rays in Medical Lightboxes Permanent Display
Title: Clock 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 05
Title: Diagnostic Thought Process 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 12
Title: Sucker For Love 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 10
Title: No Visible Means Of Access 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 09
Title: Isn’t Every Heart Sacred? 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 05
Title: Sacred Heart 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 12
Title: I’ve Never Really Understood The Concept Of Divine Retribution 2004
Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 06
Title: Divine Retribution 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 12
Title: Future Food / Future Famine 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 05
Title: You Do It To Yourself 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 07
Title: Cardio Flower I 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 06
Title: Loaded 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 05
Title: Love Can Damage Your Health 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 07
Title: There Will Always Be Missing Pieces I 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 12
Title: There Will Always Be Missing Pieces II 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 12
Title: Monogamy 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 05
Title: Mum Had A Sweet Tooth 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 05
Title: Random Objects II 2004 Dicom X-Ray Print on Agfa Scopix Film Print Size: 14 x 17 inches / 35.4 x 43 cm Edition: 05
Paul Maye | CV
Tel: 087 9795 635 email: paulmaye@gmail.com
Selected Exhibitions & Screenings 2014 Chimera - BioSciences Building, National University of Ireland, Galway 2013 Lorg Presents - The Shed, Galway Harbour, Ireland 2012 G126 Gallery - Annual Member’s Show, Galway, Ireland 2011 After The Fall - Tulca Festival of Visual Art: g126 Gallery, Galway Ireland Collective Consciousness - Artspace 25, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland Fictional Portraits, Absolut Festival Gallery, Galway Arts Festival, Ireland Supermarket Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden 2009 Vital Signs – Arts & Health in Context, Dublin, Ireland 2008 IMPRESSIONS Print Show, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland In Situ : ArtSpace : : Galway Arts Festival, Ireland The Love Show, anewspace, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland 2007 ArtSpace 21 Anniversary Show for Galway Arts Festival, Ireland IONTAS - Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland Cead In China, 411 Galleries: Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing, P.R. China 2005 6X6 For Ireland Showcase: Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing, P.R. China 2004 Selected for the 5th Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art, Italy Tulca Festival of Visual Art, Beyond Appearance: University College Hospital, Galway 2003 Tulca Festival of Visual Art, Fictional Portraits, Mill Street Police Station, Galway TripSwitch, Guinness Storehouse, Dublin Affinity Archive, Dublin 2002 Selected for the 4th Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art, Italy 2001 IONTAS 2001 - Sligo - Belfast - Cork 2000 6th Annual Festival for Experimental Film, Video & Art, Windsor, Ontario, Canada Screening of Short Film ‘Cut & Paste’ shot on Super 8 1999 North By Northwest Film Festival, Liverpool, UK Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Anthology Film Archives, New York 1997 BluePrints Group Show: Quadrangle Gallery, University College Galway 1996 Temple Bar International Print Show, Original Print Gallery, Dublin
Education 1996
BA [ord] Fine Art: Paint & Print, Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland
Awards, Commissions & Residencies 2011 2004 2002
Short listed For Aesthetica Creative Works Competition Commissioned by Absolut Vodka for Galway Arts Festival 2011 Artist in Residence : Radiology Dept. University College Hospital, Galway Arts Council Residency Award Arthouse, Temple Bar, Dublin - Artist in Residence
Publications
2011 Aesthetica Creative Works Annual 2012 2007 The Big Book Of Graphic Design : Roger Walton [ editor ] Collins Design & Duncan Baird Publishers
ISBN 978-0-06-121524-7
ISBN 3-931884-73-2
2004 CIRCA : issue 107 - Visual Identity: Fictional Portraits 2000 Typographics 4 : Selections from ‘Digital Notebook 01.99’ Duncan Baird Publishers