Family Trees hang over Property Lines | Fiyin Oluokun at the Riverbank Arts Centre
Main Street, Newbridge, Kildare, W12D962, Kildare
Tel: 045448327
Web: www.riverbank.ie
Email: visualarts@riverbank.ie
Event Details
Exhibition Opening: Friday 5th September at 6pm, all welcome
A bent knee at a vaguely familiar stranger
Another known face driving a taxi,
An accent switch when new friends appear
– only to be switched once more when they leave,
Ori on forehead
This series of collages explores how class and race affect how people move through the world, the jobs taken, spaces occupied. Reflecting on the lives of the Nigerian diaspora living in Ireland these works display the oddities of finding a home in a ‘foreign’ land while maintaining, engaging in and creating culture. Family Trees hang over Property Lines showcases the small encounters, subtle gestures and interactions that are kin to Black and Irish people.
Fiyin Oluokun is recipient of the 2024 ‘Emerging Visual Artist Bursary Award’ supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service and Riverbank Arts Centre.
McKenna Gallery
Friday 5 September-Saturday 25 October
Monday-Friday 9:30am-5pm | Saturday 10am-4pm
Admission Free