Throughout the month of July Tipperary born artist  will feature as Curator’s Choice with his oil on canvas painting Studio Space 3 (2016) exhibited in the museum. 

Gerry Davis’ painting is part of a body of work exploring the nature of contemporary artists’ spaces, particularly those in the artist-run Wickham St. Studios in Limerick – a studio that Davis has been involved in since its foundation in 2009. In that time, he has seen artists of all persuasions make work there. As he began to make these paintings, he noticed more and more the remnants of these artists’ work scattered throughout the building, and noticed how fragments of work accumulated over time, leaving an indelible record of the studio’s history. Davis regards himself as a documentarian painter – painting a space before its next incarnation, either in the hands of a new studio member or an existing one. So, there is a sense of transience to the scenes depicted, and various strata of information in each painting.

There will be an opportunity to talk to the artist as part of the museum’s artist conversation series. Gerry Davis will attend on Wednesday 27 July. The talk will take place at 11am in the Hunt Café.