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URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/the-dream-pool-intervals-ailbhe-ni-bhr
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SUMMARY:The Dream Pool Intervals | Ailbhe Ní Bhriain at Hugh Lane Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Thylacines\, snakes and birds of prey are the unlikely animals 
 that navigate fractured environments in the work of Ailbhe Ní Bhriain. Th
 rough ancient tales of the mythic underworld\, and recurring images of sta
 lactites and stalagmites\, we experience scenes set in caves and tunnels p
 opulated by ethnic stereotypes.\n\n‘Ní Bhriain seeks to locate our grow
 ing anxieties of crises within an odd\, orphic world\, where colonial and 
 industrial legacies are fused with the consciousness of our current moment
 ’ – Michael Dempsey.\n\nA new series of works created for Hugh Lane Ga
 llery\, The Dream Pool Intervals is a meditation on the spectre of loss 
 that haunts the contemporary imagination. Images of rehearsed poses and ge
 stures\, appropriated from the early days of photography (an era designed 
 to project stability\, status\, worldliness and superiority) are assembled
  by Ní Bhriain in the works we encounter. They belie the individuals repr
 esented and concentrate instead on the construct of the medium of photogra
 phy itself.\n\n‘in the tapestries are images of destroyed architecture 
 – gathered from multiple sources\, icons of war and climate disaster tha
 t seem to define this period’ – Ailbhe Ní Bhriain.\n\nFive large-scal
 e jacquard tapestries form the exhibition’s centre and create a journey 
 through emblematic iconography of past colonial repression and early techn
 ological aspirations. Powerful and eloquent\, they convey complex politica
 l and dynastic messages that resist singular interpretation and echo the f
 ragmented nature of how information is gathered and absorbed in our subcon
 scious.\n\nThe Dream Pool Intervals is curated by Michael Dempsey\, Head 
 of Exhibitions\, Hugh Lane Gallery\, and will be accompanied by an illustr
 ated catalogue.\n\nAilbhe Ní Bhriain: The Dream Pool Intervals officiall
 y opens to the public on 27 March 2025 and runs until 28 September 2025. A
 dmission is free.
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CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Leinster - Dublin
LOCATION:Hugh Lane Gallery\, Parnell Square\, Dublin 1\, Dublin\, D01F2X9\,
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