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    EDGE OF THE LANDSCAPE BY CROZIER AT IMMA

    Saturday, October 14th, 2017

    Winged Figure by William Crozier

    The Edge of the Landscape, the William Crozier exhibition on view at the West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen in July and August, has just opened at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Dublin.

    Best-known in Ireland for the lyrical landscapes made close to his home in West Cork from the mid-1980s, this exhibition of 30 works presents William Crozier’s early work, inspired by the Existentialist movement.

    The show, which runs to next April, is supported by the Crozier Circle: Mareta and Conor Doyle, Celtic Ross Hotel, Kelly’s Resort Hotel and other donors.

    SARAH GLENNIE TO BECOME DIRECTOR OF NCAD

    Tuesday, June 20th, 2017

    Sarah Glennie

    Sarah Glennie is to leave the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) to take up a new position of Director of the NCAD (National College of Art and Design).  Glennie took up the post of Director of IMMA in 2012 and has overseen exhibitions by artists including Nan Goldin, Lucian Freud, Etel Adnan, Stan Douglas, Karla Black, Hito Steyerl and Helio Oiticia. She will begin her new directorship in January 2018.

    Irish Culture Minister Heather Humphreys thanked Glennie for years of service and said: “IMMA is in a very strong place as a result of her directorship, with significantly increased visitor numbers, greater opportunities for Irish artists, a strong international reputation.”

    Sarah Glennie said: “While I am very sad to be leaving IMMA I am excited by the great opportunity to contribute further to the development of creativity in Ireland as the director of such a significant institution as NCAD which is in a unique position to inspire and nurture creative talent in Ireland”. The search for a new director at the IMMA will begin in the coming weeks.

    FIRST SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN IRELAND FOR GRAHAM, GOLDIN AND LEIRNER

    Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

    Hilma af Klint, Altarpiece, No 1, Group X, Series Altarpieces, 1915 , Oil and metal leaf on canvas, Photo: Albin Dahlström / Moderna Museet.

    Leading international artists Rodney Graham, Nan Goldin and Jac Leirner  will have their first solo exhibitions in Ireland at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Dublin this year.   At the launch of IMMA’s 2017 exhibition programme today director Sarah Glennie said: “Through our landmark international group show As Above So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics we are also especially pleased to bring to IMMA the work of several 20th century masters including Hilma af Klint, Kandinsky, František Kupka and Sigmar Polke. Also featured are the works of cult artists James Lee Byars, Ira Cohen and Cameron, and some of the most influential artists living and working today, including Steve McQueen and Bruce Nauman among others. Many of whom have never exhibited in Ireland before.”

    “We saw in 2016 the valuable role contemporary artists can play in helping us to understand our times, and the opportunity for their work to create a space for reflection, debate and difference. We are committed to creating this important space within Irish life and to welcoming audiences, from across Ireland and beyond, into a dynamic and evolving experience of contemporary art and contemporary life.”

    Opening just before Easter As Above, So Below is a large show with over 200 works, including an exciting series of new IMMA commissions, supported by Matheson, from Irish artists Grace Weir, Alan Butler and Eoghan Ryan and international artists Linder Sterling, Hayden Dunham, Nora Berman, John Russell and Stephan Doitschinoff”.

    Among the other projects in 2017 is a William Crozier Retrospective which is due to open next October, a show by Irish artist Vivienne Dick from June 16 to October 15 and ROSC 50 from May 5 to June 18 which will examine the ambition, reception, controversies and legacy of the ROSC exhibitions, which had a significant impact on the development of contemporary art in Ireland.   These exhibitions took place in a range of venues approximately every four years between 1967 and 1988.

    A PALESTINIAN STUDENT WORKSHOP AT IMMA IN DUBLIN

    Wednesday, February 1st, 2017

    Palestinian artist Emily Jacir is leading a student workshop at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in conjunction with her current exhibition Europa  which runs to February 26.   “To Be Determined (for Jean)” is based around an exchange with students from the International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah, where she teaches. They are working at IMMA with students from colleges around Ireland including Limerick School of Art and Design; Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Centre for Creative Arts and Media; the National College of Art and Design Dublin and Dublin School of Creative Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology.

    The workshop is taking place over two consecutive weeks during which the nine students are travelling to sites around the country including the Falls Road in Belfast, Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin and the city of Derry with artist Willie Doherty.  The colleagues Jacir has invited to contribute are people she has been working with for decades like Willie Doherty, Conor McGrady, Gerard Byrne, Shane Cullen, and David Lloyd. Most of them have worked in Palestine.

    The initiative offers an opportunity for IMMA to develop its relationship with third level partners, to test out a model for international collaborative student research focusing on  exhibitions and exhibiting artists, and to promote its potential as a site for research.

    Emily Jacir, a sketch in the Egyptian Museum, April 24, 2003, Cairo 2003, video, photo: courtesy of the artist, © Emily Jacir

    Emily Jacir, Crossing Surda (a record of going to and from work), 2002, two-channel video installation, photo: courtesy of the artist. © Emily Jacir

     

    NEW FUND TO SUPPORT CONTEMPORARY ART IN IRELAND

    Sunday, April 17th, 2016
    Dorothy Cross, Parachute, 2005, Dimensions variable, Parachute and gannet, Collection IMMA, Purchase 2005

    Dorothy Cross, Parachute, 2005, Dimensions variable, Parachute and gannet, Collection IMMA, Purchase 2005

    A new fund designed to support the future of contemporary art in Ireland  has just been launched by IMMA, the Irish Musem of Modern Art.  The private fundraising initiative is a reaction to the devastating cuts experienced by the arts sector in recent years.  Initially IMMA 1000 is to be a three year fundraising programme from 2016–2018. The fund launches with 60,000 which IMMA plans to double in year one through donations of 1,000 each from 60 individuals.

    IMMA Director Sarah Glennie said; “IMMA 1000 is a new fund specifically created to support our work with Irish artists in the drastically altered social and economic environment we find ourselves in today. Severe cuts in arts funding since 2008 have had a devastating effect on supports available directly to contemporary artists, and as a result artists simply cannot afford to live and work in Ireland, creating a huge concern for the future of Irish art, and contemporary Irish culture.”

    “Artists tell us about ourselves, they challenge us; they create space for difference, debate and imagination. Their voice is an essential part of a vibrant and dynamic society and it is essential that we value artists and create a sustainable base for them in Ireland. With IMMA 1000 we want to create a support infrastructure for working Irish artists today, securing the ecosystem for the future.”

    The fund will help support artists to live and work in Ireland through bursaries and the IMMA residency programme; support artists’ income through commissions and exhibition and support the work of artists through purchase for the IMMA collection. IMMA has been supported in this initiative by Goodbody Stockbrokers.

    PATRICK HENNESSY, CAROL RAMA EXHIBITIONS AT IMMA

    Thursday, March 24th, 2016

    Solo exhibitions from Irish artist Patrick Hennessy and Italian artist Carol Rama opened today at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). Born in the same decade both were neglected by the official art circles of their time. One a realist painter the other not faithful to any particular movement Hennessy and Rama explore human sexuality, gender and identity while challenging the political and social culture of their time.

    Patrick Hennessy De Profundis is the first major exhibition of his work since 1981. Re-examining and repositioning Hennessy’s work as part of the IMMA Modern Irish Masters Series this exhibition reflects on what Hennessy’s work might mean to audiences today. At a time when gay men were subject to social and legal persecution for the simple fact of their sexual orientation, Hennessy and his lifelong partner Henry Robertson-Craig bravely chose to exhibit works that clearly marked them as homosexual. They have almost no peers in Irish art, but Hennessy’s late work demonstrates an engagement with the emerging international queer-art movement of the 1970s. The Hennessy show runs to July 24.

    The Passion According to Carol Rama is an exhibition of almost 200 works – the largest exhibition of the artist’s work to date. It comes to Dublin following exhibitions in MACBA, Barcelona, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, and EMMA, Finland. Ignored for decades by official art history, Carol Rama is now recognised as essential for understanding developments within contemporary art. Her influence can be seen in the work of a later generation of artists such as Cindy Sherman, Kara Walker, Sue Williams, Kiki Smith and Elly Strik. Rama was belatedly recognised in 2003, receiving the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, one of the most prestigious international art exhibitions. Divided into four thematic sections this exhibition is a guide through Rama’s many creative moments.  This exhibition runs to August 1.

    Carol Rama  (1918-2015) Appassionata, 1939. Private Collection. © Photo: Studio Dario & Carlos Tettamanzi © Archivio Carol Rama, Torino

    Carol Rama (1918-2015) Appassionata, 1939. Private Collection. © Photo: Studio Dario & Carlos Tettamanzi © Archivio Carol Rama, Torino

    Patrick Hennessy (1915-80) Kassim by the Sea, 1978. Image courtesy of Whytes, © The Artist’s Estate

    Patrick Hennessy (1915-80) Kassim by the Sea, 1978. Image courtesy of Whytes, © The Artist’s Estate

     

    LUCIAN FREUD AT IRISH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

    Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
    Reflection (Self Portrait), 1985 (oil on canvas), Freud, Lucian (1922-2011) / Private Collection / © The Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Image

    Reflection (Self Portrait), 1985 (oil on canvas), Freud, Lucian (1922-2011) / Private Collection / © The Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Image

    A landmark Lucian Freud project for Ireland was announced today by the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA).   The gallery has secured a long term loan of 50 works by the world renowned artist, regarded as one of the greatest figurative painters of the 20th century.  IMMA director Sarah Glennie said: “From September 2016, the IMMA Collection: Freud Project will be presented in a new, dedicated Freud Centre in the IMMA Garden Galleries for five years. With this extraordinary resource IMMA will create a centre for Freud research with a special programme of exhibitions, education partnerships, symposia and research that will maximise this exciting opportunity on offer in Ireland.”

    The museum announced highlights of its 2016 exhibition programme today. It will include solo exhibitions by Patrick Hennessy and the Italian artist Carol Rama. Artists will take over the courtyard in the summer for a project entitled A Fair Land in collaboration with Grizedale Arts.  In the Autumn there will be an exhibition of artist Emily Jacir, whose work explores various histories of migration, resistance and exchange through the telling of very personal stories. In a new invited curators initiative Indian curator Sumesh Sharma and Irish curator Kate Strain will present projects at IMMA that reflect their individual practices and bring new curatorial perspectives into IMMA’s programme.

    IMMA BRINGS CONTEMPORARY ART TO DUBLIN’S STREETS

    Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

    An exhibition by Cuban born American artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957-1996) at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) has taken to the streets of Dublin.  The artist wanted “Untitled” (The New Plan), 1991 installed in a variety of locations in diverse neighbourhoods. So from now until December 30 it is on view  on six billboards across six sites within Dublin city centre normally used for prime advertising space. The art is on billboards at Usher’s Island, Dublin 8; Townsend St., Dublin 2; Pearse St., Dublin 2; East Wall Road (Dublin 3); Talbot St., Dublin 1 and Parnell St., Dublin 1.

    Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ artworks are known for their quiet, simple forms and minimal aesthetic. The artwork “Untitled” (The New Plan), 1991, is made by reproducing a specific colour image of denim fabric, a photograph by Gonzalez-Torres, exclusively as billboards. The work is intentionally open to interpretation and driven by viewer interaction.  It is part of the exhibition What We Call Love: From Surrealism to Now at IMMA until February 7, 2016. The show features modern and contemporary masterworks from the world’s leading collections by Brancusi, Dalí, Duchamp Ernst, Giacometti, Oppenheim, Picasso, Warhol, Yoko Ono, and more.

    Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (The New Plan), 1991, Billboard, Dimensions vary with installation’

    Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (The New Plan), 1991, Billboard, Dimensions vary with installation’

    Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (The New Plan), 1991, Billboard, Dimensions vary with installation’

    Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (The New Plan), 1991, Billboard, Dimensions vary with installation’

    EL LISSITZKY AT IRISH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

    Monday, August 3rd, 2015

    El Lissitzky: The Artist and the State brings to Ireland for the first time an extraordinary body of works by the Russian avant garde artist. They have been lent to Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) by the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. These are shown alongside archival material related to Alice Milligan and Maud Gonne’s theatrical tableaux, and newly commissioned and recent works by Rossella Biscotti (Italy 1978), Núria Güell (Spain 1981), Sarah Pierce (USA 1968) and Hito Steyerl (Germany 1966). El Lizzitsky (1890 – 1941) was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. The exhibition is at IMMA until October 18.

    El Lissitzky - Proof for a Proun, 1923

    El Lissitzky – Proof for a Proun, 1923

    El Lissitzky - Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge

    El Lissitzky – Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge

     

    KARLA BLACK AT IRISH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

    Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
    Karla Black, Practically in Shadow, 2013, Plaster powder, powder paint, florist foam, bath bombs, nail varnish, polythene, thread, cellophane, sellotape. Hanging element: 840 x 870 x 80 cm Floor element: 160 x 1200 x 670 cm. Overall dimensions variable. Installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2013. Photo: Aaron Igler/ Greenhouse Media

    Karla Black, Practically in Shadow, 2013, Plaster powder, powder paint, florist foam, bath bombs, nail varnish, polythene, thread, cellophane, sellotape. Hanging element: 840 x 870 x 80 cm Floor element: 160 x 1200 x 670 cm. Overall dimensions variable. Installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2013. Photo: Aaron Igler/ Greenhouse Media

    The UK artist Karla Black is showing at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) until July 26. Experimenting with ways to float material, form and colour at eye level remains a constant preoccupation in Black’s work.  She is regarded as one of the pioneering contemporary artists of her generation. The 2011 Turner Prize nominee draws from a multiplicity of artistic traditions from expressionist painting, land art, performance, to formalism. For this show she has created seven new site specific sculptures.

    This is the first exhibition under a new three year partnership supporting new art between Matheson and the IMMA.  Matheson is the law firm of choice for international companies and financial institutions doing business in and through Ireland. The firm’s clients include the majority of the Fortune 100 companies. It also advises 7 of the top 10 global technology brands and more than half of the world’s 50 largest banks. Matheson is headquartered in Dublin. Matheson will support around ten exhibitions each year at IMMA.