Nature of The Beast, an exhibition of painting, installation and live durational performance by Wexford artist Liam O'Rourke and NCAD graduate Aoife Casey will open in The Joinery Gallery, Stoney Batter on Thursday 17th Dec at 8pm. Live durational performances on the opening night from 6-8 by Roisin Beirne and Aoife Casey.The show runs until the 21st Dec 2009.

Aoife Casey’s work seeks to actively embody gender, sexuality and the body politic through her performances in sculptural costumes. Passages from the book, Sex and the Social Order (1964) are investigated, social and biological behaviour are explored through mechanical and spatial representations of the body in durational performance.

Liam O’Rourkes poignant abstract paintings explore the evolutional cycles and mood of the Irish landscape.

aoifemcasey@hotmail.com

www.thejoinery.org