Irish Art in China

Irish artist Clive Murphy opens his exhibition "China OK" at the 411 Gallery, Hangzhou City, China, running until the end of December. Murphy exhibits new work created in Hangzhou over the last 3 months. He is visiting China as part of the 411 Galleries artists exchange programme funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Already a well known community artist in Ireland he has exhibited in the Czech Republic, the US, the UK, Germany and in Shanghai.
Murphy has also exhibited in the prestigious Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast. He has been working with mass produced material such as plastic and cardboard for many years and the "cheap chic" associated with such materials. The China OK exhibition uses a mix of materials and includes video and moving sculpture. The exhibition "plays with our perception and familiarity of the everyday".
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