Cork based artist Anne-May Tabb explores aspects of the everyday, relying on spontaneity, humour and connections which are found in the seemingly mundane. Whether it’s obvious or not, her work relates to her interpretation of - to name a few - TV shows, holiday memories and flatpack furniture from IKEA. However ambiguous the work may appear, through these relateable concepts, Anne-May hopes the viewer makes connections to their own everyday lives.
The objects used are either found or cheap and cheerful necessities. Anne-May makes a point to reuse and manipulate material to repurpose it as art, shining a light on the ‘normal’. The work is susceptible to what she can find and the ideas she can generate from it, making her art process quick and playful.
Recent Exhibitions
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The Drawbridge Podcast Launch Exhibition
Anne-May Tabb created the Drawbridge Podcast in the summer of 2023 which is available to listen to on Spotify, and curated the Drawbridge Podcast Launch Exhibition featuring work by Anne-May Tabb, Electra Grant, Robyn Deasy and Ciara Rodgers. The podcast explores drawing practice as an extended field of research, and invites different artists to talk about their relationship with drawing and how drawing processes fit within their own studio practice.
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Can You Hear Me Damo?
Can you hear me Damo? is the first solo show from Cork-based artist Anne-May Tabb and is curated by Alison O’Shea. Normally, an artist would take the written ‘Artist Statement’ as an opportunity to fancifully reveal hidden truths, meanings and intention behind the work, all the while struggling to translate their visual ideas into words. Instead, let’s not over complicate it – the work is simply about the everyday – something which the title of this exhibition encompasses wonderfully.
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See/Saw
MTU Crawford College’s Department of Fine Art & Applied Art presented their degree show SEE·SAW which was held in June 2018 at MTU Crawford College of Art & Design. SEE·SAW was opened by Mary Cremin, Curator of the Irish Pavilion for the 2019 Venice Biennale.This prestigious and exciting annual exhibition of emerging artists from CCAD’s Dept. of Fine Art & Applied Art is a culmination of four years of creative practice.