A Shepherd’s Heart | Orla Barry at Bétonsalon, Paris

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Exhibition continues from 18/10/2025 to 20/12/2025

Deeply rooted in her activity as a shepherd and her flock of pedigree Lleyn sheep flock on her farm in Wexford, Orla Barry’s work offers a singular and comprehensive reflection on the living conditions of a rebellious, feminist “Punk Bo-Peep”, subverting the gendered stereotypes and patriarchal norms that shape the representations of the farming milieu, either idealized or silenced. 

Orla Barry highlights the relationships of solidarity, trust and care that she maintains on a daily basis with her “companion species”, but also of (inter-) dependence with the economic structures (auctions, competition) that condition their existences.