“Joy”.

An Exhibition by Artist, Ben Reilly.

The Courthouse Arts Centre.

3 pm to 5 pm.

In this body of work, Cork based visual artist Ben Reilly transforms the Courthouse Gallery Into an immersive sculptural forest like landscape. Welded and carved limbs stretching skyward and a floating life raft swaying through the gallery all of which are Responding to the gallery’s height and natural light. Drawing from beach combing excursions around the coastal landscape of West Cork, Reilly integrates found and foraged materials, reflecting themes of reuse and ecological connection. His process – part instinct, part experimentation—blurs the line between control and spontaneity. Visitors can expect etchings and large-scale sculptures that echo nature’s joy of movement and form, shaped through casting, carving, welding and intuitive construction. This evolving, floating forest invites reflection on landscape, memory, and the unseen logic of making.

All Welcome!

(Running until Saturday Sept.27th during normal opening hours)

Supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon amd Wicklow County Arts Office