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Indepth Arts News:
"0044 Contemporary Irish Artists in Britain"
0000-00-00 until 0000-00-00
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery
Cork, ,
IE Ireland
The title 0044 the telephone dial code between
Ireland and Britain hints at the theme of the
exhibition, which focuses on the work of
twenty contemporary Irish artists who are
living and working in Britain, and deals with
issues of identity and mobility with artists
moving between the two countries. The artists
work in diverse media, including large-scale
painting, photography, sculpture, video,
performance and installation work.
The artists are: Kathy Prendergast, Daphne
Wright, Paul Seawright, Andre Stitt, Cecily
Brennan, John Carson, Anne Carlisle, Maud
Cotter, Liadin Cooke, John Gibbons, Frances
Hegarty, Siobhan Hapaska, Andrew Kearney,
Mo White, Nicholas May, Tina O'Connell,
Eilis O'Connell, Elizabeth Magill, Mark
Francis, and Anne Tallentire and John Seth.
Over the centuries many Irish artists have
pursued and developed their careers in
Britain. This migration pattern continues
today. In specially commissioned interviews
with the artists (which will be published in a
substantial catalogue), diverse aspects of
society and life in Ireland are frequently
touched upon. Although living in Britain
these artists are very aware of social changes
and political developments in Ireland. In
terms of the qualities that unite the artists in
this exhibition, it might be argued that as a
result of growing up in Ireland, they have
developed a visual language to express social
and political forces that often involves
metaphor, paradox and a questioning of
accepted opinions.
Over 80 works will be exhibited, and to
highlight this unprecedented opportunity to
promote and view contemporary Irish art in
the United States, both U.S. venues have
decided to allocate considerable exhibition
space in their main galleries for the
installation of 0044.
This period June September 1999 will also see
The Drawing Centers exhibitions of eight
contemporary Irish artist: A Measured
Quietude, while Berkeley University Art
Museum will be showingWhen Time Began to
Rant and Rage. Finally, The Grey Gallery,
N.Y.U., will exhibit 20th century Irish
figurative painting.
Curator: Peter Murray Crawford Municipal
Art Gallery.
Associate Curator: Claire Schneider
Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Supported by: The Arts Council, Ireland,
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, The British
Council Cultural Relations Committee of
Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland.
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