Tentamen

Installation view showing two Untitled sculptures

Group exhibition, 13 North Great George's Street, Dublin

It had occurred to me in the past when looking at Niall de Buitléar's sculptures, many of which have the look of Buddhist stupas – mandala-like structures used to house relics – or far-off temples from a science fiction movie, that I would like to experience them building-sized. To be able to climb them, walk into them. But I got it the wrong way around. Upon constructing such edifices, I would not fully appreciate their architecture by aerial perspective, the way the artist had intended – viewing the patterns' logics in overview, like giants.

Davey Moore, text to accompany the group exhibition Tentamen.

Installation view showing two Untitled sculptures