Artists Sean Lynch, and Laura Ní Fhlaibhín have announced that their artwork raffle, co-organised with The Complex, has been a huge success!
Benefitting Médecines Sans Frontières Ireland to help support all those affected by the ongoing catastrophe in Gaza, the raffle featured limited-edition artworks donated from the pair's two-person January 2024 exhibition 'Banana Accelerationism.' It quickly surpassed its target, raising €1,100 in just over two weeks.
The artworks donated were 6 digitally embroidered hotel towels; 3 editions of the European Nightcrawler and 3 editions of the Red Wriggler. During the exhibition, Laura collaborated with two species of earthworms – Red Wriggler and European Nightcrawler. She built a wormery made of hacked hotel minibar fridges connected through a detailed piping system, creating a hotel for the earthworms to holiday. Laura and Sean developed branding for this fictitious hotel chain, combining the names of the earthworms, a vermiculation pattern taken from a found stone that Sean displayed, and the Neutraface font, commonly associated with gentrification.
Winners are to be contacted shortly, and Sean, Laura and The Complex would like to thank all those who took part and generously donated.
Bios:
Laura Ní Fhlaibhín lives and works in Wexford and London. Solo exhibitions include Britta Rettberg Gallery, Munich (2023), Green On Red, Dublin (2022), Pallas Projects Dublin, (2021) Palfrey London (2020), The Lab Dublin (2015). Group exhibitions include Belmacz London (2023, 2021), Solstice Arts Centre (2023), Britta Rettberg Gallery, Munich (2021), Tulca, Galway (2021, 2018), Conditions London (2021), On Curating Space, Zurich (2021), Enclave Projects, London (2019).
Sean Lynch lives in Askeaton, Limerick. Solo exhibitions include Melbourne City Hall (2023), Edinburgh Art Festival (2021), Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (2019), Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2017), Venice Biennale (2015) and Modern Art Oxford (2014). Group exhibitions include TEA Tenerife (2020), Centro Centro, Madrid (2019), CAPC Bordeaux (2015) and Camden Arts Centre (2010).