BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.6//EN TZID:Europe/Dublin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:218@visualartists.ie DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin;VALUE=DATE:20250807 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin;VALUE=DATE:20250912 DTSTAMP:20250808T091137Z URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/turais-taibhsi-ronan-o-raghallaigh-at- culturlann-mcadam-o-fiaich SUMMARY:Turais Taibhsí | Rónán Ó Raghallaigh at Cultúrlann McAdam Ó F iaich DESCRIPTION:Tá áiteanna sácráilte istigh sa talamh. Tá taibhsí sna h áiteanna sin. Táimid i ndiaidh cur isteach orthu.\nTháinig gach pictiú r sa taispeántas seo chun cinn de thoradh oilithreachta pearsanta chuig áit shácráilte i dtírdhreach na hÉireann. Rinne mé taighde ar an bh éaloideas atá fite fuaite sna háiteanna sin\, ina logainmneacha agus in a seandálaíocht. Tá baint phearsanta agam le go leor de na háiteanna a r tugadh cuairt orthu. Rinne mé machnamh chun na háiteanna a ‘shú ist each’\, mar a dhéanadh na filí. Spreag mo chuid taighde agus físeanna machnaimh pictiúir nua.\nIs ionaid chomhlínte iad ionaid shácráilte. Cumhdaíodh a n-oidhreacht faoi thionchar na Críostaíochta. Rinneadh a n -ainmneacha a ghalldú. Goideadh a dtaiscí seandálaíochta. Rinneadh dam áiste dóibh go nádúrtha\, ach loiteadh go leor eile\, amhail Cnoc na T eamhrach\, d’aon ghnó. Rinneadh roinnt acu a mhilleadh ag tionscadail a cheadaigh an Stát lena n-áirítear obair chairéalaithe ar Chnoc Alúin e ag Roundstone Ltd. Tá an chuid is mó de na láithreáin ar thailte pr íobháideacha. Go minic tá foraoisí sprús Sitceach ar gach taobh dóib h. Spreagann siad cuimhní ar mo mhuintir dhúchais nach réitíonn leis a n chineál saoil atá agam sa lá atá inniu ann\, mar shampla mo sheanath air ag baint na móna ar Shliabh gCod – ní raibh ‘sleán’ i mo dhor n agam riamh.\nLéiríonn mo chuid saothair na coimhlintí sin – tá cui d acu nár críochnaíodh mar is ceart nó atá folaithe ar bhealach d’a on ghnó. Leagtar móitífeanna físiúla ó thréimhsí éagsúla d’eal aín dhúchasach na hÉireann ar bharr a chéile – agus an teibíocht fi te fuaite iontu.\nIs ealaíontóir as contae Chill Dara é Rónán Ó Ragh ailligh a oibríonn le péint\, scríbhneoireacht agus léirithe. Téann a chuid oibre i ngleic le Éirinn roimh theacht na Críostaíochta chun agh aidh a thabhairt ar ghníomhaíocht chomhaimseartha iarchoilíneach. Feidh míonn an béaloideas\, an stair agus an tseandálaíocht mar thús pointe don taighde. Tá sé ag foghlaim na Gaeilge arís agus é ina dhuine fás ta agus téann an t-eispéireas sin i bhfeidhm go mór ar a chuid saothair .\nBhain Rónán céim amach ón Choláiste Ealaíne agus Deartha le céim mháistreachta sa Mhínealaíon in 2021 agus cuireadh saothar dá chuid a r taispeáint in Éirinn agus thar sáile. Is é ‘Turais Taibhsí’ an dara taispeántas aonair aige i mBéal Feirste\, i ndiaidh dó ‘Vae Vict is’ a thaispeáint in Platform Arts in 2022.\n\nThere are sacred places in the land. They hold ghosts. We have disturbed them.\nEach painting in t his exhibition is the result of a personal pilgrimage to a sacred place in the Irish landscape. I researched the folklore imbued in these places\, t heir logainmneacha (Irish place names) and archaeology. I have a personal connection to many of the places visited. I performed meditations to ‘ch annel’ the places\, like the filí used to do. My research and meditatio n visions formed a spring for new paintings.\nSacred places are sites of c onflict. Their folklore has been overlaid by Christianity. Their Irish nam es have been translated. Archaeological finds have been removed. They are damaged naturally\, but some have been purposefully vandalised like at the Hill of Tara. Some are destroyed by state-approved industry such as quarr ying of the Hill of Allen by Roadstone Ltd. Most sites are on private land . They are often surrounded by Sitka spruce forests. They prompt ancestral memories at odds with my contemporary life such as my grandfather’s tur f cutting on Church Mountain- I have never held a ‘sleán.’\nMy painti ng method mirrors these conflicts- some parts are deliberately unfinished and obscured. Visual motifs from various periods of vernacular Irish art a re overlaid on top of each other\, blended with abstraction.\n\nRónán Ó Raghallaigh is an artist from Kildare working with painting\, writing and performance. His practice engages with pre-Christian Ireland as a means f or contemporary postcolonial action. Folklore\, history and archaeology ro oted in the Irish landscape form a foundation for research. He is re-learn ing Irish as an adult which greatly informs his work.\nRónán graduated f rom NCAD in 2021 with an MFA Art in the Contemporary World and has exhibit ed his work in Ireland and abroad. ‘Turais Taibhsí’ marks his second solo exhibition in Belfast\, having exhibited ‘Vae Victis’ in Platform Arts in 2022. 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