Marianne Keating

‘Paper’

The work is an exploration of the individual and their perceptions of reality, focusing on the how the recurring motifs of the outside world may alter and impact on the inner ideals and morals of even the most incorruptible and faithful. Through the use of symbolism I aim to convey/challenge people’s perceptions of each other. As the building often goes unseen, so do our observations of the darker side of human existence.
By placing the paper in plain view in a shop window, drawing the viewer to examination the work in a different manner than otherwise expected. The use of wallpaper, which most commonly provides a backdrop in our everyday domestic setting. Think wallpaper, and we think of warm, familiar, maternal, cozy interiors that are unassumingly, ever present elements of a home, unobserved and merged into the background, its innate repetition acts as a camouflage, or possibly a whispered message cloaked in invisibility. The wallpaper, at first glance portrays a benign decorative aesthetic, but on closer examination a darker less obvious message is implied.

ABOUT

Born in 1980 Marianne Keating graduated with a BA Honors Degree in Fine Art Printmaking from Limerick School of Art and Design in 2002. Since graduating Keating has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows through out Ireland and internationally including exhibitions in New York and China.
She is currently a part-time printmaking technician and course tutor at Cork Printmakers Fine Art Workshop.