A new frontier of space

Artist James Earley’s new exhibition, Things Fall Apart, combines the personal with the political in a location that will surprise many, writes Nadine O’Regan

James Earley: ‘I feel like the stuff I’m doing doesn’t necessarily fit the mould of any Irish gallery’ Pic: Fergal Phillips

Walk into James Earley’s new exhibition space and you will find yourself catching your breath in surprise. In place of a traditionally austere setting, the Irish artist has located his debut exhibition in an industrial space: all exposed beams, dangling wires, peeling paint and flooding light, right in the heart of the city, next to the Clarence Hotel on Wellington Quay in Dublin.

Frankly, the setting is less Irish Museum of Modern Art ...