Whats a Little Fallout

Exhibition Forward

In the search for an artist who could take on the task of merging the rarified nature of contemporary

art practice into the busiest day of the year on the streets of Askeaton, Aaron Lawless (b.1986, Dublin) is the most obvious choice. Actively involved in an emerging Limerick art scene and a co-director of Faber Studios, Lawless’ work involves recycling leftover materials found in the vicinity of his studio into startling arrangements, exhibited as installations or sculptural entities. In turn, these forms are used as discursive touchstones for public participation through active conversation, organised public events and, in the artists’ words, “a form of interpersonal play that challenges the notion of a stagnant relationship between individual and artwork”. Often guided by YouTube tutorials and DIY instruction manuals, his constructions rarely hold an allusion to high art, rather he sees them as makeshift solutions, based on pragmatic decisions made on the resources at hand.

Saint Patrick in Limerick: Stories of the patron saint’s time around Limerick are many. Notably, he encountered a pagan witch who lived in Carrigogunnell Castle. His journey to there was fuelled by local concerns about candles placed in the windows of the castle, built on a high rocky outcrop by the Shannon river.
Those who saw the candles lit would instantly die. Patrick’s intervention meant the liberation of all such fears, and the flame was eternally extinguished. He also established holy wells, and a site of pilgrimage at Knockpatrick, west of Askeaton.
A low point of his time in the region occurred when his donkey was allegedly stolen, thus preventing his passage to the west into Kerry.
Forward : Askeaton Contemporary Arts

Sunday 17 March, 2.30pm 2013What's A Little Fallout? joins the 35th annual Askeaton parade

1st Prize St. Patricks Day Parade Float - Askeaton 2013

Produced in association with Askeaton Contemporary Arts and Faber Studios

photographs Courtesy of: Roderick Buchanan, Natalie Woociker, Sean Lynch
Askeaton Residency -

About

Aaron Lawless' works are playful experiments of authorship and authority.Using the urban environment as an entry in which to engage with the individual.

His works are transitional objects that cross reference components of the every day, giving them new meaning and new use. Constructions that rarely hold an allusion to high art, rather that he sees them as makeshift solutions made with the resources at hand.

“a form of interpersonal play that challenges the notion of a stagnant relationship between individual and artwork”.

Or maybe just asking “sure, what is the use?”