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Aleana Egan, b.1979

The sky looks down on almost as many things as the ceiling, 2013

Frequently absorbed by language and literature, Aleana Egan’s practice also acts as a response to the material world of architecture and to the sphere of human interaction. Imagining shapes as traces and memories Egan develops her sculptures as an emotional record of a built world, with her work often described as a process of collection and inclusion. Operating as a pause, a noting and a generative mining of the experience of different mediums, the components of her works are chosen for both their aesthetic and structural qualities.

MediumCard, tape, filler, varnish, steel
Dimensions Unframed, 204 x 152 x 25 cm
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Donation, 2013
Item NumberIMMA.3817
Copyright For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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Aleana Egan, The sky looks down on almost as many things as the ceiling, 2013, Card, tape, filler, varnish, steel, Unframed, 204 x 152 x 25 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Donation, 2013

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

About the Artist

Aleana Egan, b.1979

Dublin born artist Aleana Egan attended Glasgow School of Art. Incorporating sculpture, painting and film, Egan’s practice is shaped by her deep engagement with works of literature and cinema, her response to the material world of architecture and the sphere of human interaction. She has exhibited extensively including solo exhibitions at Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 2012; The Drawing Room, London, 2011; Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, 2010; and Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, 2009. 

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