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Eilis O’Connell – Torque (2025). Carrara marble.

Ope, there goes gravity is a show of new work by sculptor Eilis O’Connell at Solomon Gallery in Dublin.  The title derives from “Lose Yourself” by Eminem which she often finds playing in her head as she works. Gravity is something that O’Connell is constantly concerned with while developing work. She must adapt her thinking to the limitations of materials while pushing the parameters of the craft to new heights. 

A founder member of the National Sculpture Factory in Cork Eilis O’Connell is internationally acclaimed.  Her work can be found in numerous high profile public locations in London (Canary Wharf and London Docklands Development Corporation), Cardiff, Newcastle, Wolverhampton, Bristol, Southampton, Milton Keynes and in Dublin, Belfast, Dundalk, Mallow and Cork. Other privately commissioned works can be seen in Lismore Castle, Waterford, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Chatsworth and in private gardens in France and Spain. The show continues until October 24. 

Materials Matter is the title of a new show by Eilis O’Connell RHA, one of Ireland’s leading artists, which opens at the Solomon Gallery in Dublin today and runs until June 19. The exhibition presents new sculpture and drawing made before and during the Covid pandemic, combining sculpture made in collaboration with skilled stone carvers in Pietrasanta, Italy and a range of self contained innovative work created within the limitations of lockdown. Using materials such as steel, bronze, stone and new bio resins, O’Connell explores different material properties to make hybrid organic geometric forms that she carves or constructs by hand. 

Curve to Edge is the title of this bronze edition 1/3 by Eilis O’Connell RHA at the online Spring Group Show at Solomon Gallery in Dublin which opens today. It is priced at €55,000. The gallery remains temporarily closed to the public due to lockdown so the show, which runs to March 5, is mounted online. It features paintings, prints and sculpture by gallery and invited artists. The 2021 schedule at Solomon includes upcoming solo shows by Eilis O’Connell RHA, James Hanley RHA, Bridget Flinn and Margo Banks.