BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/Dublin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:120@visualartists.ie DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin;VALUE=DATE:20250614 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin;VALUE=DATE:20250811 DTSTAMP:20250808T090417Z URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/inscriptions-vi-ailbhe-ni-bhriain-at-l ismore-castle-arts-st-carthage-hall SUMMARY:Inscriptions VI | Ailbhe Ní Bhriain at Lismore Castle Arts St Cart hage Hall DESCRIPTION:Ailbhe Ní Bhriain’s work is rooted in an exploration of impe rial legacy\, human displacement and the Anthropocene. These intertwined s ubjects are approached through an associative use of narrative and a deepl y crafted visual language that verges on the surreal.\n\nFor Lismore\, Ní Bhriain presents Inscriptions VI\, an exhibition bringing together new wo rks in tapestry\, print and installation. A large scale tapestry\, The Mus es V\, forms the centrepiece of the exhibition. The Muses series (2018-25) is a pivotal body of work for the artist – the first created in her now -signature medium of Jacquard tapestry. The series references archival pho tographic portraits from the 1850s\, from a genre once termed ‘orientali st photography’. Supposedly an authentic representation of culture\, in reality these images existed as projections of western fantasies of the ex otic and the erotic. Ní Bhriain works with collage to draw out the darkne ss behind the fantasy\, fusing the portraits with imagery of excavated lan dscapes and damaged cityscapes. In bringing these disparate images togethe r\, the artist suggests intertwined histories of loss and cultural destruc tion\, pointing to the ongoing fused legacies of colonial and industrial f orces. In this exhibition\, Ní Bhriain presents The Muses V in dialogue w ith sculptural and photographic elements\, extending its motifs into a ser ies of new material and pictorial relationships within the space of St. Ca rthage Hall.\n\nThe exhibition’s title derives from the earliest known m useological writing in the western world – Samuel Quiccheberg’s ‘Ins criptions or Titles of the Immense Theatre’ (1565)\, which details the p ractice of museums and the organisation of the world’s objects into clas ses and subclasses. This was essentially an instruction manual for the cre ation of private collections\, with an explicit Western imperialist agenda . Ní Bhriain’s work since 2017 has made reference to this text\, as she constructs an enigmatic visual vocabulary to explore the displacement emb edded in familiar systems of representation.\n\nAilbhe Ní Bhriain’s wor k has been shown widely internationally\, at venues including Broad Museum \, Michigan\; Whitechapel Gallery\, London\; Hammer Museum\, LA\; Istanbul Modern\, Turkey\; Reina Sofia Museum\, Madrid\; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon\, France and the 16th Lyon Biennale. Current exhibitions include The Dream Pool Intervals\, The Hugh Lane Gallery\, Dublin (Solo\, 27 March – 28 September 2025)\; and Programmed Universes\, MAC Lyon\, France (Group\ , 7 March – 13 July). Recent solo exhibitions include An Experiment with Time\, Kunsthal Gent\, Belgium (2024)\; Kerlin Gallery (2023)\; CCA Glasg ow (2022). Recent group exhibitions include Lahore Biennale 03: Of Mountai ns and Seas\; Innsbruck International Biennial: Heaven Can Wait\; and SUSP ENSE\, Ulster Museum\, Belfast (all 2024)\; Lagos Photo Festival\; Crawfor d Art Gallery\, Cork\; Lismore Castle Arts\, Ireland\; Musée des Beaux Ar ts de Lyon\; Glucksman Gallery\, Cork\, (all 2023) and the Lyon Biennale ( 2022). Public collections include Dallas Museum of Art\; MAC Lyon\; the Ir ish Museum of Modern Art\, Dublin\; the Hugh Lane Gallery\, Dublin\; Ulste r Museum\, Belfast\; Crawford Art Gallery\, Cork\; Trinity College Dublin\ ; and The Arts Council of Ireland.\n\n–\n\nJoin us for two exhibition la unches on Saturday 14 June:\n3pm: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain at St Carthage Hall\n \n4pm: Laura Fitzgerald at The Mill\n\nOpen Saturdays and Sundays\, 12- 5p m (during exhibitions) &\; other times by appointment. Admission Free. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visualartists.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025 /07/listings-exhibition-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Munster LOCATION:Lismore Castle Arts\, St Carthage Hall\, Chapel Street\, Lismore\, Waterford\, Ireland GEO:52.13673759;-7.932356607 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Chapel Street\, Lismore\, W aterford\, Ireland;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Lismore Castle Arts\, St Car thage Hall:geo:52.13673759,-7.932356607 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR