The Exhibitionist | 7 | Phoenix Rising
Happy New Year to all!
It’s still quiet round the art world at large but if you haven’t caught it yet, Phoenix Rising: Art and Civic Imagination at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane is currently running and worth a look. This exhibition and related events explore the current place of civic ideals in urban life and contemporary art practice. It references Dublin’s 1914 Civic Exhibition which was inspired by the work of Scottish biologist, sociologist and planner Patrick Geddes and which attempted to re-imagine Dublin as “the phoenix of cities” during a period of economic, social and political strife. The exhibition showcases contemporary artists’ responses to the urban environment using different strategies to understand and represent the city. It includes work by Stephen Brandes, Mark Clare, Cliona Harmey, Vagabond Reviews, Stéphanie Nava and Mary-Ruth Walsh. I particularly like the work by Mary Ruth Walsh, which includes three small landscapes hidden throughout the gallery, it’s a challenge to find them for sure. Runs until 29/03/15.
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In other news, the closing date for applications to New Artist in Residence Opportunity at UCD College of Human Sciences is Sunday January 11th.
Key areas of collaborative research interest for the College of Human Sciences includes: Identity and Conflict; Environment, Policy and Society, Child and Youth Well-being; Demographic Change and Migration.
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Featured image: Stephanie Nava, Garden Cities of Urban Farming?The Crisis Bureau(detail), an extract from Considering a Plot(Dig fro Victory)Exhibition view at the MOCAD, Detroit, 2011. Photo: Corine Vermeulen & the MOCAD, Detroit
