EXHIBITIONS
Pilgrim
2 Nov -30 Nov 2007
This exhibition took place in the Architecture Gallery in the RIAI in Merrion Square. Derville Murphy’s 2nd solo exhibition was an eclectic collection of paintings by the artist in response to people and places, particularly the viewer’s emotional response to decay and demolition in the built landscape. The painting on the exhibition poster, The last stand- Homage to Monet, shows the demolished terrace in Landsdowne Road which had been a strong visual motif in Sandymount for many years with its uncompromising skeletal form. It was with a sadness that defied logic that the artist admitted to witnessing the terrace being knocked down. Studies of Pearse tower in Ballymun also in the process of demolition explore similar themes
The Cockleshell Art Gallery Summer Show
2005
Murphy was one of five featured artists at the Cockle shell art gallery Duncannon County Wexford.
A Site For Sore Eyes
2004
This exhibition took place in the Artspace Gallery, in the R.I.A.I. Merrion Square. In Murphy’s first solo exhibition, many of the works express an interest in abstracted architectural form in a contemporary urban and prehistoric rural context.
Masterpiece gallery - Wexford Opera Festival Show
2003
Murphy's work was featured as part of a group show at the Wexford Opera Festival
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