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Bones in the Attic
HUGH LANE GALLERY,DUBLIN 11 August 2022 - 30 October 2022 Sarah Jayne Booth, Myrid Carten, Dorothy Cross, Amanda Doran, Rita Duffy, Jesse Jones, Alice Maher, Eleanor McCaughey, Na Cailleacha, Kathy Prendergast, Ruby Wallis The Hugh Lane Gallery presents Bones in the Attic, a cross generational group exhibition exploring being female in Ireland today. The exhibition explores ongoing issues within our society such as domestic abuse, beauty standards, women’s bodies, gender roles and women’s safety and will provide a backdrop for audience discussions in a safe environment. The cultural undercurrent of the exhibition will focus on Irish mythology and the strong female characters of our Celtic heritage, celebrating women, our roots and the future of feminism in Ireland for all. On display are works of key Irish female artists in the Hugh Lane Gallery collection who continue to be at the forefront of women’s rights in Ireland since 1980s - Rita Duffy, Dorothy Cross, Kathy Prendergast and Alice Maher, with our most recent acquisition from Jesse Jones. These will be exhibited alongside a selection of current work from Irish artists – Myrid Carten, Eleanor McCaughey, Amanda Doran, Sarah Jayne Booth, Ruby Wallis and collective Na Cailleacha. Displaying these works together underlines the repetition of historical themes that challenge anew each generation of artists. |
