Invited Guests

The Dock is delighted to present Invited Guests by Kian Benson Bailes, Orla McHardy and Anna Spearman. Join us with the artists for the opening reception on Friday 18 October, 6—8pm.

Selected through The Dock's open call for local artists, the artists shared: "Working from a feeling of hospitality and dream logic — we’re working towards creating a space in which our sculptures are hanging out together and having a really nice time.

The title of our show, Invited Guests, is inspired by Phyllida Barlow’s site-specific works Objects for… — a series of temporary sculptural interventions in domestic spaces. Calling them “uninvited guests,” she challenged where art goes, who gets to make it, and who can access it.

We enjoy making work alongside each other, sharing material processes and conceptual ideas. We often think about how our works could sit in a space with each other. These conversations and questions, in a very easy way, help us to clarify what we’re up to, as well as to imagine new possibilities for our work collectively. Open-ended material play is at the heart of our process — to the point where, at moments, authorship is blurred."