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Installation for David Haughey’s exhibition ‘It Crystallises into a Monad’ is now complete. Don’t forget to book your ticket and time slot to attend the preview tomorrow (3 September 2020) via eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-haughey-it-crystallises-into-a-monad-tickets-117511727741 We look forward to seeing you there!

PREVIEW: 3 SEPTEMBER, 18:00-20:00 (to book a time slot click HERE) It Crystallises Into a Monad takes its point of departure from the recreation of an unattributed zoological painting, originally made in 1776. The video projection work presented at QSS Gallery One in Belfast during September 2020 acquired form through research of the painting and…

“According to Cambridge Dictionary, a muse is ’a person, or an imaginary being or force that gives someone ideas and helps them to write, paint, or make music.’ For my last collection I thought of offering 9 pieces to “mirror” the 9 Muses-goddesses in Greek mythology. There is no specific inspiration assigned to each piece but hopefully looking through…

“This week’s selection started from the idea of finding a focus in an image that has several visual layers, divided to foreground and background, each requiring a portion of our attention in order to fully understand it. As the collection grew it became a matter of being able to cut thorough the layers and reconsider…

“This week is all about how we look at each other and the expectations we keep within that gaze. Some of the pieces I selected hold a sense of awkwardness towards the viewer, others challenge our attempt to assign a narrow truth to their expression or meaning.” Moran Been-noon List of work: 01. Rachel Lawell:…

“This week’s collection was co-curated with Aoife Donnellan @aoifedonnellan. We started this collection by looking at work that highlights the sensation of individual isolation alongside regimented togetherness. We selected pieces that engage with this conflict, born out of the human condition. We referenced Duchamp’s Fresh Widow (1920) in the title as a note on the…

“The Phi Phenomenon describes the sense of motion perceived by us when visuals appear in an alternation at high frequency. It’s important in animation, for example, when a frequent enough sequence is essentially viewed as movement. This is one of the ideas that inspired the theory of Gestalt, which considers the whole as different from…

“I worked on this week’s collection as if I was reading a graphic novel. I followed a shape, a colour, a feeling from one frame to the next, not knowing what would be the next step of the narrative.” Moran Been-noon List of work: 01. Dan Ferguson: Soaked (above image), oil on panel, 30 x…

“I treated this week as a proposal for paying attention. The work selected has an almost fantastical aesthetics on a first look, but a double take shows the details that make up the composition. Each piece has two stories, and our consideration is required.” Moran Been-noon List of work: 01. Hannah Clegg – ‘Three Hundred…

“The idea for this week’s collection came from a photo of a curator posing in the gallery space among the installed work, posing in different ways that mirror or copy the shapes and gestures in the art. This made me think of “mirror neurones”, which fire in our brain when we see a certain action…

“I started this week with looking at images of heads and thinking of the phrase “heavy is the head that wears the crown”. While this reference stayed behind in the actual work selection, the work I selected has a certain weight, or gravity, to it. In the process the shape of the body became relevant…

Today QSS is launching a collaboration with Moran Been-noon (@batinzedesert) showcasing collections of the members’ work on our various channels. Moran approached us with the idea of curating these little collections earlier this month and we are delighted to be able to work together to showcase the great work done at QSS even though our…

‘The Fews’ is an experimental short film by QSS artist Éanna Mac Cana. The piece focuses on painter (and the artist’s father), Paddy McCann, who is in the midst of creating a new body of work.   Owing to the spectrum of colour his father uses in his painted works, Éanna chose to record in…

QSS temporarily closed its doors on Friday 20th March 2020 owing to the COVID-19 virus. We apologise for any inconvenience caused to our exhibitors, visitors and especially our studio community of over forty artists. Thank you for your understanding and support at this time. Stay safe and we hope to welcome you back to QSS…

Opening reception: Thursday 5th March 2020, 18:00 – 20:30Exhibition dates: 6th – 27th March 2020Opening times: Tuesday-Thursday, 10:00 – 17:00 ‘Four Female Painters’ is an ambitious exhibition showcasing a group of emerging female artists based in Belfast and London. Their various styles and interpretations of figurative and portraiture works combine to promote dialogue around the…

QSS invite applications for a three-month studio sublet (9th March – 7th June 2020) at The Arches Centre, 11-13 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, BT5 5AA. QSS studios are accessible from 8.00 to 22.00 Monday to Saturday and 10.00 to 21.00 on Sundays. The available studio is on the 2nd floor with a high ceiling, wifi and…

QSS are inviting exhibition applications from non-member artists for shows in June and September 2020. Interested artists should submit (i) an exhibition proposal (250 words), (ii) an artistic CV and (iii) between six and eight images of their work to [email protected] for consideration. To support the living and working condition of artists, QSS will pay…

Opening: Thursday 6th February 2020, 6pm – 9pmExhibition dates: 7th – 28th February 2020Times: Tuesday-Thursday, 10am – 5pm QSS is delighted to present ‘Emergence III’ – the third showcase of selected work by recent graduates from the Belfast School of Art. Seventeen artists were chosen to exhibit, by a QSS selection panel comprising three professional…

The Lyric, Belfast played host to over 250 guests recently for the Allianz Arts & Business NI Awards 2020. The awards sponsored for the fourteenth year in a row by Allianz, celebrated the rich creativity and pioneering partnerships between the worlds of business and the Arts in Northern Ireland. Dr Wendy Austin, MBE compered the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGeTVARs928 Beautiful and insightful introduction to a new body of work (of the same name) by QSS artist (and Éanna’s mother) Sharon Kelly. Work featured in the film is currently on show in the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast and continues until 22nd February, 2020. Small square black & white photographs taken by the artist’s mother…