He is going to the mountain. There is no shortcut and even though time passes, he never seems to get any closer. He has no way of knowing whether the Yellow Mountain is a hopeful or a cursed place – a cache of gold, a mound of butter, or a heap of dangerous sulphur. Read more…
Finding Tenacity in Fragile Things
Nobody tells you that it’s the objects that anchor you. Along the tributaries of bereavement, you will find yourself gratefully moored on occasion, by their robust and enduring symbolism.
“War under existing conditions compels all nations, even those professedly the most democratic, to turn authoritarian and totalitarian”
– John Dewey
Exhibition Review – Ursula Burke & Amanda Jane Graham, The Dock, December 2018 (Writer-in-Residence)
Ursula Burke ‘The Precariat’
Amanda Jane Graham ‘Stage Left’
(17 November 2018 – 5 January 2019)
Two concurrent solo exhibitions at The Dock variously consider how power dynamics – both intimate and systemic – manifest at the level of the individual. Reappropriating art historical conventions, theatrical tropes and visual culture imagery, both artists interrogate forms of violence, exploring the dichotomies of oppression, from public to private, provincial to global.
Finding the Line
JOANNE LAWS INTERVIEWS THREE EARLY-CAREER ARTISTS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES OF MAINTAINING A PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AFTER COLLEGE.
Becoming Visible: Transformative Actions and Fearless Speech
Anyone who experienced a 1970s Irish childhood, will know the infinite joys of spontaneous outdoor play.
‘Black Matter: The Tyranny of Display’
A response to Marcel Vidal’s exhibition ‘SILVERFISH’ (14 April – 2 June 2018)
Painting as Solidarity
JOANNE LAWS SPEAKS TO BRIAN MAGUIRE ABOUT HIS EXHIBITION, ‘WAR CHANGES ITS ADDRESS: THE ALEPPO PAINTINGS’, CURRENTLY SHOWING AT IMMA.
Valuing Artistic Legacy
JOANNE LAWS REPORTS ON IVARO’S ARTISTS’ ESTATES CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 2017.
Joanne Laws 