The Long
Summer Still to Come: Some Aspects of Recent Irish Photography,
Open Eye
Gallery, Liverpool
28 February - 6
April 1991
© Victor Sloan
What can
photography do for Ireland, for the Irish, for the photographer in
Ireland?
Is photography –
as witness alive or dead in an island, the North of which has seen
the ongoing incursion of photojournalists greedy for the simplifying
image, the South of which has seen the stresses and strains of an
ancient timbered Ship-of – state, keelhauled into the polished steel
streamlines of a modern liner?
Is photography -
as – art alive or dead in an age which explores the possibilities of
manipulated photography, of image and text, of sequencing or
collage; in an age which frequently explores the interior vision as
a metaphor for the exterior one?
The Long Summer
Still to Come
explores some
aspects of recent Irish photography from the North and the South of
the island, seeking to create a series of overlapping perspectives
upon a troubled and troubling island.
The exhibition is
curated by the playwright, critic and curator Brian McAvera, author
of Art, Politics and Ireland and Marking the North.
Photographers
include: Christine Bond, Michael Boran, Daniel de Chenu, Tony Corey,
Sam Gallagher, Sean Gilmartin, Keith Larkin, Jim Maginn, Eilish
McCarrick, Michael McCaughan, Adrian McClune, Seamus McGarvey, Peter
Neill, Kevin O’Farrell, Hazel O’Neill, Victor Sloan, and
Ameila Stein.
Open Eye Gallery
28-32 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4AQ
Telephone: +44 (0)151 709 9460
Web:
www.openeye.org.uk
Email:
info@openeye.org.uk
Opening times
Tuesday - Saturday: 10.30am - 5.30pm. Closed Sunday – Monday.
Open Eye Ltd is
a company limited by guarantee No. 1204519 and is a registered
charity No. 1056743
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