Parable
Island: Some Aspects of Recent Irish Art,
Bluecoat Gallery
Part One
26
January – 23 February 1991
Part Two
2
March – 6 April 1991
Tuesday –
Saturday, 10.30 – 17.00
Closed Sundays, Mondays and Good Friday
Admission Free
© Victor Sloan
This two-part
exhibition, curated by Brian McAvera, who has also written the
accompanying catalogue, comprises a broad range of contemporary art
from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, drawing
together varying strands of art practice in relation to abstraction
as well as focusing on social and political themes.
Paintings,
sculptures, drawings, installations, mixed media are included by
thirty artists: (Part One) Tom Bevan, Brian Bourke, Jim Buckley,
Gerard Cox, David Crone, Marie Foley, Pat Hall, Clement McAleer,
Colin McGookin, Jim Manley, Gwen O’Dowd, Charley Tyrell, Una Walker,
Samuel Walsh, and (Part Two) Marie Barrett, Cathy Carman, Rita
Duffy, Brendan Ellis, Graham Gingles, Gerry Gleason, Patrick Graham,
Catherine Harper, Brian Maguire, Jack Pakenham, Vivienne Roche,
Victor Sloan, Outdoor sculpture throughout both parts by Colm
Brennan, Michael Bulfin, Eilis O’Connell and Bob Sloan
Parable
Island is supported by The Peter Moores Foundation, The Cultural
Relations Committee of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland,
The Elephant Trust, and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
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