Warren's new show sculpted of timber and steel

LIMERICK City Gallery of Art is hosting two exhibitions: ‘Those who go/Those who stay’ features new sculptural work by Michael Warren, while ‘Timber Boats at Limerick Docks’ is his selection of work from the gallery’s collection.

Renowned for his use of timber, Warren’s latest pieces combine that timber with fabricated steel and moveable elements. The title ‘Those who go/Those who stay’ is borrowed from two paintings in a seminal trilogy by Umberto Boccioni, one of the key figures in the Italian Futurism movement. Warren says Boccioni considered classical art to be dishonest, as nothing in the real world is static or complete.

“In 1910, while sitting in a tram, Boccioni noticed the people with him as it joggled along. Suddenly, ten people became four people became three people, as big shafts of light came through the windows and vanished them.” Studies of people coming and going from train stations became an element in Boccioni’s work.