womb to tomb

Society stinks. We live in a world tainted with corruption, bribery, terrorism, racism, sexism, genocide, and
abuse. The stench is unavoidable; yet we are conditioned to ignore it. Rasher feels we should know.
Since his last exhibition in 2005, the Dublin artist has been through some seismic shifts, both in art and in life
(for the artist, an overlap is often inevitable). There has been death. There has been renewal. And in between
the flow and ebb of life's silent mysteries, a vibrant young artist has come of age, matured, and taken time out
to ponder the imponderable.
'womb to tomb', Rasher's most recent body of work, explores the realms of the living and the dead, and the
blurred spaces in-between. The work is a razor sharp commentary on the way we live today. The world we
inhabit can be beautiful, it can be meaningful, but it can also conceal a harsh reality. It can sell us an ideal of
comfort, luxury, and immortality, but the elemental truths of our existence, namely life and death, are everpresent.
We all want our lives to be harmonious and beautiful, but the laws of existence and co-existence rarely allow
for such fancies. For all light, there is just as much shadow. Where there is harmony, there can also exist
tragedy. Side by side, hand in hand, unexpected dangers lurk behind even the most glorious settings.
The artist hasn't disappeared in an existential cloud, as one might fear. He hasn't lost touch with his audience.
His eye for aesthetic beauty is as keen as ever; his use of colour, just as beguiling; yet he has introduced some
new, welcome facets to his art: learned wisdom and an astute commentary on the human condition.
Rasher is now ready and excited to speak out again. With this latest collection, we see the familiar and
strange, the disturbing yet illuminating manifestations of an inquisitive and provocative mind.