Press release - Herd Society - an exhibition of new work by Mark Doherty - MadArt Gallery, 56 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 - March 8 to March 15

This exhibition organised and curated by Olivier Cornet (Olliart) will feature new works by Dublin-based artist Mark Doherty.
It will run from March 8 to March 15 at the MadArt Studio Gallery, 56 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
Opening hours for this show: Monday to Sunday 10:30 am - 6 pm

“One's outlook on life and its purposes may greatly modify one's attitude toward goods in which fashion is prominent. At the present time, not a few people in western nations have departed from old-time standards of religion and philosophy, and having failed to develop forceful views to take their places, hold to something that may be called, for want of a better name, a philosophy of futility... This lack of purpose in life has an effect on consumption similar to that of having a narrow life interest, that is, in concentrating human attention on the more superficial things that comprise much of fashionable consumption.”
Economics of Fashion (1928).
Columbia University marketing professor Paul Nystrom.

Dealing with diverse themes including consumerism, the cults of celebrity and personality, junk food news and environmentalism, 'Herd Society' constructs a projected future with which to satirise their absurdities. Using imagery drawn from both historical sources and contemporary media, this darkly humourous world holds up a distorted mirror to our own and invites us to laugh at ourselves.

Visit http://www.olliart.com/artists/markdoherty.htm to view the paintings that will feature in this new show and find out more about the artist.
Images may be downloaded for online-publishing or printing in art listings.