Dorothy Cross, Heartship
Sounds from a Safe Harbour, Cork, Ireland
14 September 2019
Heartship, Sounds from a safe Harbour festival, Cork, Ireland,
Collaboration, performance with Lisa Hannigan.
Dorothy Cross
Dorothy Cross
Foxglove 2020
cast bronze
94 x 47 x 37 cm / 37 x 18.5 x 14.6 in
Dorothy Cross, ROOM, 2019, Carrera marble 24 x 240 x 480 cm / 9.4 x 94.5 x 189 in
Dorothy Cross, Everest Shark – Bronze Working Drawing, 2013, watercolour on paper, 58.3 x 74.7 cm framed / 23 x 29.4 in framed
Dorothy Cross, Listen Listen, 2019, marble RHS: 16 x 69 x 45 cm / 6.3 x 27.2 x 17.7 in LHS: 16 x 72 x 45 cm / 6.3 x 28.3 x 17.7 in
Dorothy Cross, Everest Erratic, 2019, Carrara Marble, 172 x 136 x 243 cm
Dorothy Cross, Alphabet, 2017, various Quartz beach stones, 26 carved 35 x 155 x 132 cm / 13.8 x 61 x 52 in approx
Dorothy Cross, listen, 2019, carrara marble and oak table 75 x 80 x 51 cm / 29.5 x 31.5 x 20.1 in base
Dorothy Cross, Everest Floor, 2017, marble slabs, 200 x 320 cm / 78.7 x 126 in
Dorothy Cross, Hand and Foot, 2017, Cast bronze, alabaster and steel wire, Height variable, alabaster disc: 50 cm/19.7 in diameter
Dorothy Cross, Foxglove, 2018, cast bronze, 92 x 36 x 34 cm / 36.2 x 14.2 x 13.4 in
Dorothy Cross, Egg and Anvil, 2017, cast bronze, edition 4 of 4 + AP, 21 x 21 x 7.5 cm / 8.3 x 8.3 x 3 in
Dorothy Cross, Buoy, 2014, blue sharkskin, white gold leaf, antique easel, Italian alabaster, 180 x 130 x 80 cm / 70.9 x 51.2 x 31.5 in
Dorothy Cross, Bed, 2017, Carrara marble
Dorothy Cross, Submerge, 2017, diptych, archival pigment prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 50 x 76.1 cm / 19.7 x 30 in image size each, 69.4 x 94.8 x 3.5 cm / 27.3 x 37.3 x 1.4 in each framed
Dorothy Cross, Shark Heart Submarine, 2011, mixed media, dimensions variable
Dorothy Cross
Eye of Shark 2014
9 cast iron baths, marble panel, shark eye and display box, amber glass
dimensions variable, installation view at the Modern Art Oxford. Photo: Ben Westoby
Dorothy Cross
Whale 2011
Cuvier whale skeleton, cord, wood, rusted bucket and marble plinth
700 cm / 275.6 in
Installation view at Turner Contemporary Photo: Stephen White
Dorothy Cross
Table Telescope 2016
cast iron table, antique brass telescope, gilded human skull, meteorite
49 x 28 cm / 19.3 x 11 in table
Dimensions variable telescope
Dorothy Cross
Glassilaun snow peak 2014
Archival pigment print
edition of 4 AP
88.3 x 124 cm / 34.8 x 48.8 in unframed
Dorothy Cross
Scales
2014
human skull, yellow gold leaf, coat hanger, steel wire, meteorites
hung from ceiling, height variable
83 x 50 x 13 cm / 32.7 x 19.7 x 5.1 in
Tube
2000/2014
bronze tube
160 x 50.8 cm / 63 x 20 in
Basking Shark Currach
2013
Basking shark skin, wooden currach frame
138 x 265 x 92 cm / 54.3 x 104.3 x 36.2 in
Dorothy Cross
Everest Shark
2013
Bronze
28 x 185 x 85 cm / 11 x 72.8 x 33.5 in
Dorothy Cross
Finger Crab
2011
solid cast sterling silver
8 x 9.5 x 12 cm / 3.1 x 3.7 x 4.7 in
Earth
2011
Cast bronze
195 x 35 x 35 cm / 76.7 x 13.7 x 13.7 in
Stalactite
2010
DVD projection
5 minutes 22 seconds
Dorothy Cross
Family 2005
cast bronze
edition of 4
dimensions variable
Ghost Ship
1999
DVD PAL
12 min. 17 sec. loop
Teacup
1997
DVD PAL
3 min loop
Dorothy Cross
Lover Snakes 1995
stuffed snakes and cast silver reliquaries containing snake hearts
37 x 14 cm / 14.6 x 5.5 in
Bible
1995
wooden lap desk, bible
56 x 43.2 x 35.6 cm / 22 x 17 x 14 in
Whale Flower I
2010
Bronze
123.5 x 52 x 36.5 cm / 48.6 x 20.5 x 14.4 in
Saddle Rack
2010
found metal saddle rack & cast bronze bird
28 x 20 x 55 cm / 11 x 7.9 x 21.7 in
Relic
2009
Shark (Porbeagle) 21 carat gold leaf
60 x 70 x 182 cm / 23.6 x 27.6 x 71.7 in
Little Boy Foot and Fin
2008
cast bronze and found rubber fin
5 x 41 x 24 cm / 2 x 16.1 x 9.4 in
Poll Na Bpeist (Worm Hole)
2008
giclee print on Hannemuehle paper
79 x 104 cm / 31.1 x 40.9 in
forge
2007
cast bronze skull and iron anvil
46 x 65 x 28 cm / 18.1 x 25.6 x 11 in 7.9
Dorothy Cross
Limpet / Lips 2005
limpet shell and cast silver
shell from Tierra del Fuego
8 x 5 x 3 cm / 3.1 x 2 x 1.2 in
Jellyfish Lake
2002
DVD PAL
6 minutes
Dorothy Cross
Medusae 2003
DVD PAL
60 minute loop
Dorothy Cross
I dreamt I dwelt
Kerlin Gallery
6 September - 19 October 2019
Dorothy Cross, Everest Erratic, 2019, Carrara Marble, 172 x 136 x 243 cm Installation view Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Dorothy Cross, Glance, New Art Centre, Salisbury, 2 Dec 2017 – 11 Feb 2018
Dorothy Cross KALEIDOSCOPE: Mystics and Rationalists (Group exhibition) 11 June — 19 August 2016 Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK
Dorothy Cross Riddle of the Burial Grounds (Group exhibition) 26 March — 17 July 2016 Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
Dorothy Cross
Riddle of the Burial Ground (Group exhibition)
11 June – 1 August 2015
Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Dorothy Cross
Eye of Shark
6 September - 19 October
Lismore Castle Arts
Dorothy Cross
View
5th September - 18th October 2014
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Dorothy Cross
Connemara
2013
Turner Contemporary, Margate
Dorothy Cross
Gravity
15 July – 29 October 2011
Crawford Art Gallery
Dorothy Cross
COMMA 16
15 December 2009 – 16 January 2010
Bloomberg SPACE, London
Dorothy Cross
POOL
2010
Dorothy Cross & William McKeown
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Dorothy Cross
Sapiens
23 March - 28 April 2007
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
b. 1956, Cork, Ireland.
Working in sculpture, film and photography, Dorothy Cross examines the relationship between living beings and the natural world. Living in Connemara, a rural area on Ireland’s west coast, the artist sees the body and nature as sites of constant change, creation and destruction, new and old. This flux emerges as strange and unexpected encounters. Many of Cross’ works incorporate items found on the shore, including boats and animal skins, while others reflect on the environment. During the 1990s, the artist produced a series of works using cow udders, which drew on the animals' rich store of symbolic associations across cultures to investigate the construction of sexuality and subjectivity.
Recent solo exhibitions/projects include: I dreamt I dwelt, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, (2019); Stalactite, Libby Leshgold Galley, Vancouver (2018); Glance, New Art Centre, Roche Court, UK (2017–18); Connemara, Turner Contemporary, Margate (2013), touring to Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (2014); Eye of Shark, Lismore Castle Arts, Co. Waterford (2014); Bloomberg Space, London (2009); Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, (2008); Irish Museum of Modern Art, (2005); Douglas Hyde Gallery, (2002, 1993 & 1988); Camden Arts Centre, (1993); ICA Philadelphia, (1991). Recent group exhibitions include: other.worldly, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, (15 February 2020– 3 January 2021); Desire: A Revision From the 20th Century to the Digital Age, Irish Museum of Modern Art, (2020); Heartship, Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival, Cork, a collaborative performance with singer Lisa Hannigan (2019) and Sea Garden, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, UK. The artist has participated in the Venice, (1993), Istanbul, (1997) and Liverpool, (1998) biennials, and the ground breaking 1994 exhibition: Bad Girls, ICA, London and CCA, Glasgow.
Cross' work is represented in the collections of The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; The Hugh lane Gallery, Dublin; The National Gallery of Ireland; Dublin; The Ulster Museum, National Museum, Belfast; Crawford Art Museum, Cork, Ireland; Art Pace Foundation, Texas; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; The Arnolfini Trust, Bristol; TATE, London.
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Dorothy Cross
I dreamt I dwelt
6 September - 19 October 2019
Dorothy Cross, Aleana Egan, Siobhán Hapaska, Isabel Nolan, Kathy Prendergast
3rd May - 21st June 2018
Dorothy Cross
View
5th September - 6th November 2014
GROUP SHOW SUMMER 2010
Gallery Artists
23 July - 04 September 2010
Dorothy Cross & William McKeown
POOL
19th February - 20th March 2010
Celebrating 20 Years
An exhibition of new work by Kerlin Gallery Artists
28th April - 24th May 2008
SUMMER GROUP SHOW 2007
20 July - 05 September 2007
Dorothy Cross
Sapiens
23 March - 28 April 2007
SUMMER GROUP SHOW 2006
18 August - 30 September 2006
WINTER GROUP SHOW 2006
Gallery Artists
19 December - 07 January 2006
SUMMER GROUP SHOW 2005
Gallery Artists
12th August - 3rd September 2005
Dorothy Cross
Salve
30 May - 29 June 2002
Hall of Half-Life
Dorothy Cross & Sam Keogh
2015
The Untold Want
Dorothy Cross & William McKeown
2015
Dorothy Cross - Connemara
Dorothy Cross
2014
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Dorothy Cross
2005
Dorothy Cross - [Gone]: Site Specific works by Dorothy Cross
Dorothy Cross
2005
Dorothy Cross - Power House
Dorothy Cross
1991
Dorothy Cross, Desire: A Revision From The 20th Century To The Digital Age
Irish Museum Of Modern Art
21 September - 22 March 2020
This large-scale international group exhibition, explores the evolving role of desire in art and life and its relationship to structures of power.
21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks
Dorothy Cross & Willie Doherty
Glebe House and Gallery, Donegal, Ireland
14 July - 14 September 2019
Shaping Ireland: Landscapes in Irish Art
Gerard Byrne, Dorothy Cross, Willie Doherty, Kathy Prendergast, Sean Scully & Samuel Lawrence Cunnane
13 April - 7 July 2019
National Gallery of Ireland
Spanning 250 years, Ireland: Landscapes in Irish Art comprises artworks by fifty artists, exploring the relationship between people and the natural world.
Dorothy Cross, Stalactite
Libby Leshgold Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
5 October 2018 – 6 January 2019
The Libby Leshgold Gallery is pleased to present Stalactite, a solo exhibition by Irish artist Dorothy Cross. The exhibition features two works: Stalactite, a single channel video work; and Foxglove, a small bronze sculpture.
Dorothy Cross, Brian Maguire & Kathy Prendergast
Naked Truth, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
13 July - 28 October 2018
This major exhibition surveys the nude and the naked body as depicted by Irish artists, focusing on interconnecting themes of political allegory, domestic intimacy, gender politics, artistic training, censorship, sexuality and display. The exhibition features work ranging from historic Sheela na-gigs, to artists including Francis Bacon, James Barry, Dorothy Cross, Robert Fagan, Amanda Coogan, Mainie Jellett and Brian Maguire.
Curated by William Laffan and Dawn Williams
Dorothy Cross in Reclaimed
Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio, Texas
10 March 2018 – 26 January 2019
Group exhibition by Laura Aguilar, Dorothy Cross, Judy Dater, Annette Messager, Lorraine O’Grady, Robyn O’Neil, Linda Pace, Tracey Rose, Lara Schnitger and Kiki Smith.
Dorothy Cross & Brian Maguire in Coming Home
Coach House, Dublin Castle, Dublin
8 March 2018 – 30 June 2018
Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger is an exhibition of the world’s largest collection of Famine-related art, shown for the first time in Ireland.
Dorothy Cross in Coast-Lines
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
13 October 2017 – 30 September 2018
Works by Dorothy Cross, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Clare Langan, Richard Long, Anne Madden, Anita Groener, Michael Mulcahy, Donald Teskey, Tony O’Malley, Alexandra Wejchert, Bridget Riley and others.
Dorothy Cross in Alchemy: Transformations in Gold
Akron Art Museum, Ohio
7 October 2017 – 21 January 2018
Group exhibition with James Lee Byars, Los Carpinteros, Catherine Chalmers, Dorothy Cross, Olga de Amaral, Lalla Essaydi, Don and Era Farnsworth, Luis Gispert, Laurent Grasso, Charles Lindsay, Teresa Margolles, Rachel Sussman, Shinji Turner-Yamamoto, Danh Vo, Hank Willis Thomas and Zarina.
Legacies: JMW Turner and contemporary art practice
The New Art Gallery, Walsall
22 September 2017 – 14 January 2018
Exhibition with JMW Turner, Christopher Le Brun, Cornelia Parker, Gerry Fox, Idris Khan, Susan Hiller, Bob and Roberta Smith, John Smith, Elizabeth Magill, Dorothy Cross, Jonathan Wright.
Dorothy Cross in GRAEVE Collection
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
28 April – 18 June 2017
Artists: Barrie Cooke, Dorothy Cross, Rita Duffy, Michael Farrell, Marie Foley, Claire Langan, Alice Maher, Alfonso Monreal, Jack Pakenham, Tony O’Malley, Patrick Scott, Martin Wedge.
Dorothy Cross in Alchemy: Transformations in Gold
Des Moines Art Centre, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
11 February – 5 May 2017
Artists: James Lee Byars, Los Carpinteros, Dorothy Cross, Olga de Amaral, Lalla Essaydi, Don and Era Farnsworth, Luis Gispert, Laurent Grasso, Charles Lindsay, Teresa Margolles, Rachel Sussman, Hank Willis Thomas, Danh Vo, Shinji Turner-Yamamoto, Zarina
Periodical Review 20/16
Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin
Selected by Brian Duggan, Sarah Glennie, Jenny Haughton & Declan Long. Artists include Aquinas, Callan Workhouse, Nina Canell & Robin Watkins, Dorothy Cross, Willie Doherty, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Fergus Feehily, FOUR, Anthony Haughey, Des Kenny, Patrick Jolley & Reynold Reynolds, Aileen Lambert, Clare Langan, The Metropolitan Complex, Michael McLoughlin, Isabel Nolan, Seamus Nolan, Emer O'Boyle, Margaret O' Brien, Deirdre O'Mahony.
Dorothy Cross in Mystics and Rationalists
Modern Art Oxford, UK
11 June – 31 July 2016
A meditation on the new forms of expression and knowledge that artists can offer society, this draws on Sol LeWitt's assertion that ‘Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions which logic cannot reach’. Artists include Karla Black, Daniel Buren, Dorothy Cross, Dan Graham, Sol LeWitt, Open Music Archive, Hannah Rickards and Amy Sillman.
A Weed Is a Plant out of Place
Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore, Ireland
3 April – 30 September 2016
Work by Dorothy Cross will be included in a group exhibition at Lismore Castle Arts, A Weed Is a Plant out of Place.
Riddle of the Burial Ground
Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
26 March – 17 July 2016
Work by Sam Keogh and Dorothy Cross will be included in Riddle of the Burial Ground, a group exhibition at Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp. Sam Keogh will also perform at the opening reception for the event, from 7pm, Friday 25 March.
Dorothy Cross in What We Call Love
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
12 September 2015 – 7 February 2016
Group exhibition
Dorothy Cross will participate in What We Call Love - From Surrealism to Now at the Irish Museum of Modern Art from September 12.
Dorothy Cross, Riddle of the Burial Ground
Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
11 June – 1 August 2015
Group exhibition
Dorothy Cross will participate in curated group exhibition Ridde of the Burial Ground, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 11 June – 1 August 2015. One of Project Arts Centre's most ambitious exhibitions to date, it will "puzzle over signs, forms and communication, motivated by one of the major problems facing our planet – the markings and warnings around nuclear burial sites." Curated by Tessa Giblin.
The Untold Want
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
13 March – 26 April 2015
Group exhibition
Works by William McKeown and Dorothy Cross are included in 'The Untold Want', a major group exhibition at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. The exhibition will examine notions of immensity, nature, mortality and freedom.
Dorothy Cross
TROVE
03 December 2014 – 08 March 2015
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
"The idea of Trove is to make new relationships between painting and object from collections that would rarely meet." - Dorothy Cross
IMMA has invited internationally renowned artist Dorothy Cross to select an exhibition of work from the Collections of IMMA, Crawford Art Gallery, National Gallery of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland. The resulting exhibition; Trove, will showcase the extraordinary depth of the National Collections in one unique and very subjective presentation.
Dorothy Cross, in conversation with Declan Long
In association with MA Art in the Contemporary World, NCAD
Wednesday 5 November, 2014, at 5pm
A public conversation will take place between artist Dorothy Cross and co-director of MA Art in the Contemporary World, Declan Long, at 5pm on Wednesday 5th November, at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin. This event is part of an ongoing series of talks arranged in collaboration between Kerlin Gallery and MA Art in the Contemporary World at NCAD.
Dorothy Cross, Willie Doherty, Siobhan Hapaska, William McKeown, Paul Seawright, New Art New Nature
Ulster Museum
10 October 2014 - 28 June 2015
A new exhibition examining the role of nature in the work of Irish and International artists over the past seventy years opens to the public at the Ulster Museum. New Art, New Nature includes work by world-renowned figures including Henri Matisse, William Scott and Willie Doherty. Paintings by one of Northern Ireland’s most important artists of the last century, William McKeown, will also be displayed at the museum for the first time, together with work by Dorothy Cross, Siobhan Hapaska and Paul Seawright amongst others.
Dorothy Cross, David Godbold, Richard Gorman, Stephen McKenna & Kathy Prendergast, 'Meditation on Plates'
Casino Marino, Dublin
12 July - 31 October 2014
The Office of Public Works will present an exhibition 'Meditation on Plates: Inspired by Lord Charlemont's Casino' in one of Ireland's most highly regarded historic buildings, the Casino at Marino, Dublin.
A group of almost 40 esteemed Irish and international artists, designers and architects was invited to respond to the Casino building, some of its ornamental elements or surroundings in a personal drawing. The artists' drawings have been transferred onto porcelain plates and reproduced in a limited edition of 18 plates per artist. The resulting collection is rich in its variety of interpretations and the quality and beauty of the work.
Kathy Prendergast, William McKeown, Isabel Nolan, Siobhan Hapaska, Dorothy Cross, 'Re Framing the Domestic in Irish Art'
Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda
29 April - 29 August 2014
‘Home is no longer a dwelling but the untold story of a life being lived.’[1]
A large-scale group exhibition featuring works by Kathy Prendergast, William McKeown, Isabel Nolan, Siobhan Hapaska, and Dorothy Cross.
Dorothy Cross, Connemara
RHA Gallery, Dublin
13 March - 27 April 2014
Following its debut at Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK, the RHA is delighted to present Connemara an exhibition of new and existing work by Dorothy Cross.
Dorothy Cross
Crescendo
20 December 2013 - 2 March 2014
Australian Center for Contemporary Art
ACCA presents the group exhibition Crescendo, featuring seven projects where artists have used film and music to create enclosed worlds, each exploring myth, history and human pageantry as metaphors for life. Exhibition opens Friday 20 December and runs until 2 March 2014.
Dorothy Cross
3AM: Wonder, Paranoia and the Restless Night
13 December 2013 - 2 March 2014
Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
Dorothy Cross features in the group exhibition 3AM: Wonder, Paranoia and the Restless Night at Chapter Gallery, Cardiff.
Dorothy Cross
Croquet
29 September - 1 December 2013
The Model, Sligo
The Model, Sligo, presents Croquet, an installation work by Dorothy Cross dating from 1994 and will run until 1 December 2013.
Dorothy Cross
5 October 2013 - 5 January 2014
Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent
Dorothy Cross' solo exhibition Connemara opens Saturday 5 October at Turner Contemporary, Margate.
Dorothy Cross, 3am: wonder, paranoia and the restless night
Bluecoat Liverpool
28 September - 24 November 2013
Dorothy Cross is amongst the UK and international artists exploring various themes related to 3 a.m. - psychological, sociological, natural and astronomical – to capture something of the strangeness of the night and the extraordinary range of emotions, states and experiences it witnesses.
The exhibition opens on Friday 27 September from 6 - 8 pm and runs until 24 November at the Bluecoat Liverpool.
Image: Seachlight (detail), 2008, as part of diptych, Giclee prints on hannemuehle photo rag paper
Dorothy Cross, Engage Arts Festival
Bandon, Cork
26 - 29 September 2013
Dorothy Cross will be presenting her film Eyemaker at this year's ENGAGE, a bold contemporary arts festival specialising in the promotion of emerging talent, showcased side by side with more established artists.
Engage 2013 will be an innovative, contemporary arts festival which will host a diverse spectrum of events from 26 - 29 September 2013 in Bandon Cork.
Dorothy Cross, Aquatopia - The Imaginary of the Ocean Deep
Nottingham Contemporary
20 July - 22 September
Nottingham Contemporary presents Aquatopia, a major exhibition which brings together over 150 contemporary and historic artworks that explore how the deep has been imagined through time and across cultures.
The exhibition opens 20 July and is a collaboration with Tate St Ives in Cornwall, where it will be shown from October 2013 to January 2014.
Dorothy Cross and Mark Garry, Island: New Art from Ireland
Galleria Civica di Modena
20 June - 15 September 2013
Island: New Art from Ireland is a group show featuring works by Dorothy Cross, Damien Flood, Mark Garry, Martin Healy and Niamh O'Malley at Galleria Civica di Modena, opening from 20 June - 15 September 2013.
Dorothy Cross, The Borris House Festival of Writing & Ideas
Borris House, Carlow
Sunday 9 June 2013
Renowned visual artist, Dorothy Cross, will be participating at this year's Borris House Festival of Writing & Ideas, taking place at Borris House, Carlow on Sunday 9 June.
Cross will discuss her work in film, sculpture, photography and other media.
The talk begins at 6 pm.
Dorothy Cross, Galapagos
Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon
18 April - 7 July 2013
Dorothy Cross presents her momentous work, Whale, in the third and final stage of the touring exhibition, Galápagos, at Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon.
Dorothy Cross, Time Will Tell
Croft Castle, Herefordshire
9 March - 3 November 2013
Meadow Arts presents Time Will Tell, a series of events and an evolving exhibition in the stables, parkland and castle at Croft, showcasing works from artists who were invited to spend time at Croft throughout 2012.
Dorothy Cross, Crystalline
Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
01 December 2012 - 26 January 2013
To coincide with the exploration of sub-glacial Lake Ellsworth in Antarctica this winter, Millennium Court Arts Centre presents Crystalline, an exhibition exploring the twin themes of scientific endeavour and the landscape of Antarctica.
Dorothy Cross, Galapagos
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
02 November 2012 - 13 January 2013
The Fruitmarket Gallery is pleased to present the second leg of this exhibition, which brings together work by twelve artists who have travelled to and spent time in the Galápagos archipelago through a residency programme initiated in 2007.
Dorothy Cross, Time Will Tell
Croft Castle, Herefordshire, UK
04 August 2012 - 01 January 2013
Dorothy Cross is among the artists presenting work in the innovative contemporary art programme, 'Time Will Tell' at Croft Castle, Herefordshire, which is in collaboration with Meadow Arts.
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Dorothy Cross: Glance review – life and death in a sorceror's workshop
4 December 2017
Two bronze fingers turn slowly on an old pair of scales. Like everything else in Glance, Irish artist Dorothy Cross’s new show at Roche Court sculpture park, digits hang in the balance. Life offsets death, the cosmic is pitted against the terrestrial, the supernatural shines in something as basic and bodily as a ring of soap scum around a bath. In fact, the grease that once lined the massive, thickly rusted tub, salvaged by the artist and placed here on the flagstone floor of the old orangery, has been preserved as powdered gold, the mysterious residue of unknown lives.
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Second Captains Sunday with Dorothy Cross
13 August 2017
This week Second Captains talk to internationally acclaimed artist and five time national swimming champion Dorothy Cross to the show to talk about her love of the ocean, the fusion of art and sport and why its so important to take risks. Plus there's Eoin's swim lesson shame, Ken's triumph of will and Trump's new low.
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Dorothy Cross interviewed by Angela Singer
Issue 38, Winter 2016
Many of Dorothy Cross' sculptures explore the relationship between the animal and human animal in the natural environment. Challenging and beautiful, her work incorporates the found, the broken, the unloved, and the dead. She has a deeply intuitive understanding of the natural world and sees the body and nature as sites of constant change.
– Angela Singer
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Force of Nature: The Curious Art of Dorothy Cross
13 November 2015
Perhaps Ireland’s best known contemporary artist, Dorothy Cross came to prominence internationally with her slightly disturbing Virgin Shroud, 1993, now held at Tate Modern. Like a lot of Cross’ work, it is a fusion between the surreal and the functional, in this case a cow’s udder stitched together with silk from her grandmother’s wedding dress and draped over a plaster cast, teats perched atop to form a headdress, a halo or a set of horns.
– Jeanette Farrell
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Dorothy Cross builds new old art from our national treasure trove
6 January 2015
[Dorothy Cross's] attention to detail is impressive. Each room is conceived as a self-contained unit of connections and relationships. Often the links are primarily visual or literal, but then open up other layers of meaning.
– Aidan Dunne
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Off The Record with Dorothy Cross
November 2014
"A lot of my work is about beauty, even though people might be disturbed by a cow's skin or a shark's skin or a piece of skull. The overriding thing is beauty. Sometimes you have to tame the brutality by contrasting it with something beautiful, like silk – silk that had covered my grandmother's head when she was 23, getting married in London."
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Dorothy Cross’s all-seeing shark’s eye
16 September 2014
The View referred to in the title of Dorothy Cross’s exhibition at the Kerlin has more than one meaning for her. It is, first and foremost, a view in the conventional, picturesque sense. On the southern, seaward edge of Killary Harbour, she lives and works slap-bang in the middle of a view. The assumption is that the prospect of ocean, shore, island and huge skies will manifest itself in her work as a representation. “But I feel that I struggle as an artist surrounded by such natural beauty because I could never compete with it.”
– Aidan Dunne
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Stalactite - Review
3 April 2011
In a film, the great stalactite of Doolin cave in County Clare emerges out of darkness like some magnificent inverted spire, a monument not made by human hand.
– Laura Cumming
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Pearl Bones essay
15 December 2009
In the strange inverted order of natural scale, both whale and oyster subsist on plankton. The whale filters its minute food through plates of fibrous baleen; the oyster swallows shellfuls of seawater to filter out its food. But the means of nutrition may also involve more mysterious processes.
– Philip Hoare
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Dorothy Cross, Irish Museum of Modern Art
October 2005
[Dorothy Cross’s] works draw much of their darkly humorous power from their ambiguous echoes of human sexual organs. Like the stuffed-snake works, however, they also draw on a particular animal’s accumulated wealth of symbolic associations across many cultures.
– Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith
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