We Are Her Continuation | Aisling Coughlan at Axis Ballymun

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Axis Ballymun is delighted to announce the upcoming exhibition of paintings by Aisling Coughlan called We Are Her Continuation. The exhibition traces the slow disappearance of her mother through dementia. Working across painting, film, and sound, this body of work bears witness to love, loss, and the subtle erosion of identity over time. Rather than depicting illness directly, the works hold space for slowness, tenderness, and grief. The title draws on a Buddhist understanding of continuation: that we carry forward those who have shaped us, not only biologically, but through care, teaching, humour, and love.