In line with our highly successful sculpture programming, the Solomon Gallery approached Dublin City Council in 2005 with the idea of creating a temporary exhibition space for sculpture at the top Grafton Street, one of Ireland's best known streets. Since then, we have co-managed this space and and, so far, have placed works by Sophie Ryder, Orla de Bri, Patrick O'Reilly, Leo Higgins and Angela Conner. 

Here's some images and info on the works: 


April 2009 - April 2010
Patefaction by sculptor Angela Conner. 




The work, entitled ‘Patefaction’, is approximately 24ft high and is made of four silver fibre glass units suspended on a galvanised steel frame.  Each individual panel  gently swings in the wind.  

Angela Conner (74) is one of Britain’s most successful and celebrated sculptors.

In the UK her work is on display at the Arts Council of Great Britain, the National Portrait Gallery, 10 Downing Street, City Centrepiece in Horsham, and in the grounds of Chatsworth.  Internationally, she has work at the Carnegie Museum of Modern Art in Pittsburgh, The Jewish Museum of Modern Art in New York and Heinz Plaza in Pittsburgh, USA.  This is not the first time that Conner’s work has been seen in Ireland - her wind mobile entitled ‘Irish Wave’ situated at Park West in Dublin stands at 116 ft tall and is regarded as the tallest mobile sculpture in Europe.  

February 2007 - January 2009
Winter Trees by sculptor Leo Higgins. 

In Winter Trees, Leo Higgins has elaborated on his most recent series of works which reference Beckett’s iconic tree from ‘Waiting for Godot’, bare and alone but strong.  As a metaphor for life these trees suggests strength and the singular beauty in that strength - so “when everything is stripped away, what is left is what is really there”.

The installation consists of five individual bronze trees, patinated white and mounted on tall black highly polished and reflective granite pedestals.  The grouping creates an unusually intimate space in a busy high street; viewers are drawn in to walk around and between each tree and the haven-like atmosphere  instils a sense of solitude and retreat from hectic urban life. 


August - November 2006
Heading into Town by sculptor Patrick O'Reilly.  
 


























 

Patrick O'Reilly exhibits here at the Solomon Gallery in Dublin, the Mayor Gallery in London, Galerie Kyra Maralt in Berlin and Galerie Piltzer in Paris. He has received may high profile commissions including street sculptures such as the Boundary Kings on Thomas Street and the Bird on O'Connell Street in Dublin



January - August 2006
Quiet Mind by sculptor Orla de Bri 




Orla de Bri's sculpture entitled 'Quiet Mind' was a 16ft pyramid shape bronze in a blue patina with a crouched figure which sits in a polished cut-out section of the pyramid. Sitting among the hustle and bustle of Grafton Street, this pensive figure is sitting quietly reflecting on life.