Description
A sense of familiarity.
But also enough strangeness to produce a moment of attention.
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THE ARTIST
Niamh O'Malley
MEDIUM
Sculpture
THE FEELING
A MUSKY, DRY WOOD impression:
an INVITATION — TOUCH. of sculpture, the things of craftsmanship, thoughtful, precise, warm, expansive, familiar. perhaps your childhood memory of hugging a tree or your adulthood of peeling away the bark to make something. a reminder of how things are made, the importance of touch, and our response to physical things.
MATERIALS
ANGELICA SEED, ELEMI, BERGAMOT, IRIS, CARROT SEED, AMBRETTE, BLACK PEPPER, CEDAR ON IRIS, SANDALWOOD, WHITE MUSK.
THE PERFUMER
GÉRALDINE IGNESTA
YEAR
2022
AN OLFACTIVE SILHOUETTE
This fragrance is an aromatic transcript of a 2022 exhibition review and interview with NIAMH O'MALLEY on her Venice Biennale exhibition "Gather:” for the Irish pavilion.
SILHOUETTES
From the lens of a perfumer, Silhouettes explores the olfactive nature of an artist’s work—whether painting, sculpture, photo, film, music, or performance. In a series of interviews, essays, art reviews, and artist profiles, here perfumers translate the world of art into scent.
Folie À Plusieurs — Silhouettes
Niamh O'Malley
