169 x 240mm, 132 pages, Colour printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2016

Co-Published by Solstace Arts Centre

Just Left of Copernicus is an exhibition of new work by Irish artist Niamh McCann. In collaboration with architects Jack Byrne and Séamus Bairead, McCann has created a large-scale work for the Main Gallery at VISUAL. Entitled Copernicus for Now and made of industrially produced cardboard tubes and plywood, the work draws on many references, ranging from topographical photos of the moon landscape from the 1969 moon landings, to the work of Buckminister Fuller, to the ideas of German expressionist architect and scenographer Hans Poelzig (1869-1936), best known for the design of Frankfurt’s IG Farben building and the sets for the iconic film Der Golem. What ties these together is McCann’s interest in the interchange and flow of fact and fiction, the overlapping layers of narrative, history and fable contained within the cultural and physical structures that we construct.

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