To the Line (2023)

To the Line is a three-dimensional text response to the Big Crush series of paintings by artist Deirdre Frost, exhibited at the Kilkenny Arts Festival in August 2023. 

Inspired by children's toys of the 1980s and Frost's use of a "mobile painting" form, To the Line is mobile cube poem, which emerged from a series of studio visits and conversations about the painter's work. It is designed to be picked up and played with, with multiple possibilities for how the text can be read.

To the Line (2023), mobile cube poem by Cristín Leach, ash, goat leather, 60mm x 60mm x 60mm, edition of 25, €300 ea.

To the Line (one possible play), Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023.

Edition 1 of To the Line was purchased by the OPW for the Irish State Art Collection in 2023. In 2024/2025, the work toured galleries and arts venues in Ireland and Northern Ireland as part of the curated cross-border exhibition of works from the OPW and Department of Finance Northern Ireland Collections, entitled Connections. Catalogue available to download here.

To the Line (2023), mobile cube poem by Cristín Leach, ash, goat leather, 60mm x 60mm x 60mm, edition of 25, €300 ea.

Crush 1 (2023, oil and sand on panel, 60 x 80cm, from the Big Crush series by Deirdre Frost. 

Big Crush at Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023 

Deirdre Frost and Cristín Leach in conversation 12 August 2023.