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Indepth Arts News: "Hibernia of the New Millennium: Work of Over Fifteen Irish Artists from Ireland and California" 2004-04-16 until 2004-05-15 Lola Gallery San Francisco, CA, USA United States of America
Hibernia of the New Millennium investigates Irish identity in the 21st Century through the exhibition of artwork by Irish artists based in Ireland and California. It poses the question can fixed borders and regimented definitions of what it means to be Irish be imposed upon a culture that has seen one of the greatest diasporas of its people across the globe? Rosie O’Gorman’s installation "Untitled-Read" involving multiple drawings of the map of Ireland could be construed as an excellent metaphor for this displacement and generational evolution of Irish emigrants. Each free hand drawing, more and more removed from the original, suffers an increasing mutation until the final result is a map that barely resembles Ireland at all. Also on exhibit is a video documentary by Pierre Merkl on the last days of Mc Carthy’s Irish pub on Mission Street. Merkl offers an intriguing perspective into the lives of those who frequented a bar that became popular in the 1950’s - when the Mission district was predominantly Irish.
The Lola Gallery is an Irish owned business and was founded in 2002 to provide an exhibition space for emerging contemporary artists and designers. The Gallery offers rental or purchase of artwork and furniture in addition to art consultancy and interior design services.
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