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Critical Voices 3 - Press Centre
| Panel discussion on visual artists' depiction of war - April 13, 2006 |
A Critical Voices panel discussion to accompany the exhibition This Ain’t No Fooling Around will take place at Dublin’s RHA Gallagher Gallery on Tuesday 25 April.
Participants in the discussion will include the leading US art critic and curator of the show, Joseph R. Wolin, together with artists Tom Molloy, Stephen Andrews and Marc Handelman. Prof. Liam Kennedy, Director of UCD’s Clinton Institute of American Studies, will chair.
This exhibition, on display at the Rubicon Gallery until 6 May, also includes work by Josephine Meckseper and Barbara Pollack. These six artists are among the few who have chosen to address America’s military involvement in Iraq head-on and allow the imagery of war and its repercussions to shape their work.
This thought-provoking body of work incorporates images from the war in Iraq and its ripple effects around the world. The images are of scenes that have been observed directly – by artists who have visited Iraq - or mediated through news sources and the internet. Each of the artists engages with a different aspect of war and its imagery, examining this visual information to lay bare underlying rhetoric and ideology. This work can be viewed as a showcase of varying approaches to art during wartime, and as such offers the starting point for this Critical Voices discussion about the ways in which art engages with the ‘real’.
Discussion Participants
Curator Joseph R. Wolin is an independent curator and critic in New York. He has curated eighteen shows, including The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust, which opened in New York at The Drawing Center in 2003 and ended its international tour at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in 2005.
Tom Molloy, based in Co Clare, produces work that focuses on American emblems as well as on the economic and political landscape.
Stephen Andrews searches the internet for images not seen in the press, and by his investment of labour and attention pays a kind of respect, an acknowledgement of the gravity of the events he depicts.
The large-scale paintings of Marc Handelman resemble Abstract Expressionist canvases while they picture explosions, fireballs, tracer bullets, and illumination rounds, and using an abstract manner give a new vision of shock and awe.
Critical Voices 3
Critical Voices is the Arts Council’s biennial programme of public debate about art, culture and ideas. This year’s programme turns the spotlight onto the artist and society, and reflects current international intellectual debate.
In total Critical Voices will consist of over 30 visits to Ireland by international artists, writers, thinkers and commentators on culture, taking place between now and December. Speakers will include figures whose work and interests cross cultural, national and linguistic boundaries and who explore a variety of genres. The programme is curated by journalist and critic Helen Meany in collaboration with a wide range of Irish arts organisations.
The programme’s media sponsor is The Irish Times.
Discussion Details
This event will take place at the RHA Gallagher Gallery at 5.30 pm on Tuesday 25 April. The event is free but booking is advisable. For tickets please contact Tel: 01- 6612558 ext 105.
For further information about all Critical Voices events please see www.criticalvoices.ie
Exhibition Details
This Ain’t No Fooling Around will run at the Rubicon Gallery, 10 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, 6th April – 6th May, Tuesdays – Saturdays 12.00 – 18.00. For further information on the exhibition please call Tel: 01 670 8055.
For Media Information on Critical Voices 3
For all Critical Voices press related queries, please contact:
Stephanie Dickenson at Kate Bowe PR
Tel: 01 671 3672
E-mail: steph@katebowepr.ie
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