Pauline Rowan,


Show Kitchen
Show Bedroom
Show Sittingroom
The artist has orchestrated each photograph and also performs within them. Each photograph shows the artist performing basic living within the showrooms. This 'living' is done within a confined space using the basic props necessary to fulfil the task at hand. Each task relates to the functional purpose of each showroom. Kitchen: cooking; Bedroom: sleeping; Sitting room: sitting.
Showrooms have been used to portray desired ideals of living presented as everyday in media (Tv, film, advertisements). In order to sustain these ideals the individual must avoid leaving evidence of life or usage. Thus, the individual allows less and less space for their living. The individual's living has become subordinate to the maintenance of the ideal. Therefore, the individual has become subordinate to the ideal.
EXHIBITIONS
2003 Íontas 2003. Selected by Richard Torchia.Sligo Art Gallery
RDS Art Student Award Scheme 2003, RDS
B.A.Graduate Exhibition, DLIADT, Dublin
Permaculture, R=V2/w, Mark Garry, Project Art Centre
Platform, Concourse, Dun Laoghaire County buildings, Dublin
2002 Eígse, Carlow Arts Festival
Schoolhouse, Castledermot, Kildare
Spring, Bunclody Studios, Wexford

2003 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art, Honours Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design