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VAN The Visual Artists’ Issue 6: TULCA FESTIVAL OF VISUAL ART OF VISUAL FESTIVAL TULCA PS 1 PHASE INTERNATIONAL EVA REIMAGINED 2020 GALWAY Inside This Issue 2 FREELANDS PROGRAMME November – December 2020 November News Sheet News A Visual Artists Ireland Publication Ireland A Visual Artists Contents Editorial On The Cover AT THE TIME of writing, Ireland is operat- namely ‘Not Alone’ – a travelling exhibition ing under Level 5 public health restrictions, of small-scale works, initiated by Golden Eimear Walshe, The Land Question, 2020; photograph by Jed Niezgoda, aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19. Thread Gallery, Belfast, and disseminated courtesy of the artist and EVA International. A range of increased restrictions have also via social media – and ‘Drawn From Borders’, recently come into force across Northern a 3D virtual gallery, developed by Artlink in First Pages Ireland. With the closure of all cultural ven- Donegal. Also reviewed in the November/ ues nationwide, once again galleries are December Critique section are: Sinéad Mi 6. Roundup. Exhibitions and events from the past two months. having to fi nd ways to supplement, extend or Mhaonaigh at The Dock; ‘The Sea Around 8. News. The latest developments in the arts sector. archive their exhibition programmes across Us’ at The Model; and Bernadett e Doolan at a range of digital platforms. VAN’s Novem- GOMA Waterford. Columns ber – December issue considers the prag- matic, conceptual, aesthetic and institution- Several regional exhibitions are also profi led 10. What Are Exhibitions For, Again? Matt Packer considers a need to al benefi ts and challenges of these virtual in this issue, including: Austin McQuinn at reimagine the functionality and form of exhibitions. and screen-based presentations – displaced The Source Art Centre, Thurles; the ‘Connec- Word Upon Word Upon Fallen Word. Frank Wasser traces the from physical encounters and no longer tion’ project at Droichead Arts Centre; Orla signifi cance of text-based art in the work of Lawrence Weiner. dependent upon bodily proximity. Whelan at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; and 11. Nocturnes. Cornelius Browne on painting outdoors at night. ‘6’ group exhibition in Kilfane Glebe House Mobile Art Library. Lara Ní Chuirrín discusses a mobile library of The competition brief for the DCC/VAI Art Studio, Thomastown, which also coincides artists books in Connemara. Writing Award 2020 drew on current crit- with our Regional Focus on County Kilkenny. 36. Silver Linings. John Daly on Hillsboro Fine Art’s 25th anniversary. ical debate surrounding online exhibitions, Vision and Determination. Elaine Coakley on Backwater Artists with writers invited to consider whether This issue also features coverage of sever- Group’s 30th anniversary. this curatorial model, without signifi cant al recent or ongoing festivals: Joanne Laws precedent, is an alienating or democratising interviews Sarah Browne, Curator of TULCA Regional Focus: County Kilkenny force for the presentation of art. Applicants Festival of Visual Arts 2020; Joanne also responded to the complexity of the brief reports on key projects commissioned for 12. Kilkenny Arts Offi ce. Mary Butler, Arts Offi cer. in diverse and interesting ways. Meadhbh Galway 2020; while Theo Hynan-Radcliff Butler Gallery. Rebecca Reynolds, Development Director . McNutt ’s winning essay is published in this reviews Phase 1 of the 39th Eva Internation- 13. National Design & Craft Gallery. Susan Holland, Curator. issue, outlining the scope of current dis- al. In addition, curator Alissa Kleist outlines KCAT Arts Centre. Anja Terpstra, Coordinator. course and potential innovations in practice. various artistic projects realised as part of 14. Workhouse Union. Sinead Phelan, Research Producer. the Freelands Artist Programme. Tony O’Malley Residency. Atsushi Kaga, Visual Artist. Also in this issue, Matt Packer considers 15. The Space Between. Paul Bokslag, Visual Artist.. the proliferation of screen-based art as an In the last issue of 2020, we are also profi ling Unruly Bodies. Kate Fahy, Visual Artist. important opportunity to reimagine the several Irish organisations who have been functionality and form of exhibitions. For the celebrating milestone anniversaries this Art Writing Award fi rst time, VAN’s Critique section includes year, namely 25 years of Hillsboro Fine Art remote coverage of two online exhibitions, and 30 years of Backwater Artists Studio. 16. Virtual Exhibitions: Gamifi cation and Immateriality. Meadhbh McNutt presents her winning DCC/VAI Art Writing Award 2020 essay. The Visual Artists' Features Editor: Joanne Laws Exhibition News Sheet: Production Editor/Design: Christopher Steenson News/Opportunities: Shelly McDonnell, Christopher 18. Sites of Abstraction. Moran Been-Noon reviews Orla Whelan’s Steenson exhibition at Rathfarnham Castle. 23. Prototypical Lifeforms. Clare Scott refl ects on Austin McQuinn’s solo Visual Artists Ireland: CEO/Director: Noel Kelly exhibition, ‘Hypercarbon’. Offi ce Manager:Bernadett e Beecher 23. Six Artists. Catherine Marshall discusses the group exhibition ‘6’. Northern Ireland Manager: Rob Hilken Communications Offi cer:Shelly McDonnell Festival / Biennale Membership Offi cer:Siobhan Mooney Publications: Joanne Laws, Christopher Steenson 26. The Eye, The Voice. Theo Hynan-Radcliff considers Phase 1 of the Opportunities Listings: Shelly McDonnell 39th EVA International. Exhibition Listings: Christopher Steenson 28. The Law is a White Dog. Joanne Laws interviews Sarah Browne, Bookkeeping: Dina Mulchrone curator of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts 2020. 30. Slow Art, Embodied Landscapes. Joanne Laws considers several Board of Directors: commissions for Galway 2020. Michael Corrigan (Acting Chair), Michael Fitzpatrick, Richard Forrest, Paul Moore, Mary-Ruth Walsh, Seminar Cliodhna Ní Anluain 33. Gaining Ground. Pauline O’Connell reports on the ‘Refl ections’ symposium at glór, Ennis. Republic of Ireland Offi ce Northern Ireland Offi ce Project Profi le Visual Artists Ireland Visual Artists Ireland Windmill View House 109 Royal Avenue 34. Intrinsic Connections. Collett e Farrell and Brian Hegarty introduce 4 Oliver Bond Street Belfast the ‘CONECTION’ project at Droichead Arts Centre. Merchants Quay, Dublin 8 BT1 1FF 35. New Approaches. Alissa Kleist on the PS2 Freelands Programme. T: +353 (0)1 672 9488 T: +44 (0)28 958 70361 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Critique W: visualaritsts.ie W: visualartists-ni.org 19. Cover Image: Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Monument II, 2019. 20. ‘The Sea Around Us’ at The Model. 21. ‘Drawn from Borders’, developed by Artlink. Principle Funders Project Funders Corporate Sponsors Project Partners ‘Not Alone’, initiated by Golden Thread Gallery. 22. Sinéad Mi Mhaonaigh at The Dock. Bernadett e Doolan at GOMA Waterford. International Memberships Last Pages 38. Opportunities. Grants, awards, open calls and commissions. 39. VAI Lifelong Learning. Upcoming VAI helpdesks, cafés and webinars. Visual Artists' News Sheet | November – December 2020 6 Roundup EXHIBITIONSDue to changing public AND health EVENTS restrictions across FROMthe island THE of PASTIreland, TWO exhibition MONTHS dates may diff er from those published here. All dates were correct at the time of writing. Please visit gallery websites Dublin for updated information. Northern Ireland Hugh Lane Kilcock Art Gallery (Off -Site Venue) Atypical Gallery Fenderesky Gallery ‘Worlds Without End: Stories Around Borders’ Kilcock Art Gallery recently presented a solo Th e University of Atypical Gallery reopened to On show from the 25 Sept to 24 Oct, in the fi rst- is an international group exhibition currently exhibition of new paintings by Kildare-based the public for the fi rst time since lockdown with fl oor space of the Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, running at Dublin City Gallery Th e Hugh Lane artist Kathrine Geoghegan in a temporary ware- an exhibition of paintings by mid-Ulster-based was a solo exhibition of paintings by Kildare- until 31 Jan 2021. Th e exhibition mediates on the house venue located in Tallaght Business Park, artist, Brian Kielt. Running from 10 Sept to 23 based artist, Mary Ronayne. Th e exhibition, subject of borders, via diverse contributions from Dublin 24. ‘Shifting sands… a startling evolu- Oct, ‘Confessional’ features a series of portrait simply titled ‘Paintings’, continues Ronayne’s artists around the globe. Amongst the exhibition’s tion’ displays a series of paintings by Geoghegan and landscape paintings created Kielt, which interest in depicting families and personal his- highlights are Turner Prize-winner Lawrence that document the unique ecology of Dublin focus particularly on human and animal nature. tories through the use of her idosyncratic style Abu Hamdan’s Walled Unwalled (2018) and Tony Bay’s North Bull Island, which is home to many Th e works pose questions around binaries such of painting, which uses enamel and domestic Cokes’ Evil.16 (Torture.Musik) (2009–11). Th e plants, animals, birds and insects. Th e exhibi- as “victim and perpetrator, innocence and malice, paint to create distorted, cartoon-like characters. exhibition also features work by Ireland-based tion ran in Tallaght from 15 to 26 Sept before and behaviour that is motivated by self-interest Royane’s paintings have strong satirical readings, artists, including Elaine Byrne, Dragana Jurišić, moving to Kilcock Art Gallery’s usual venue on and/or survival”, with these ideas being translat- seemingly poking fun at the aristocratic fi gures Dermot Seymour and John Byrne.
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