3 November - December 2017

Patrick Jolley’s Fog II  is currently on view at the Pearse Museum Rathfarnham as part of the annual joint touring exhibition of artworks from the collections of the OPW in the Republic of Ireland and the Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) of Northern Ireland.  ‘The Space Between’ features 38 artworks from these public collections, north and south, and was chosen by a group of graphic design and illustration students from Ulster University, Belfast School of Art.

Artists include:Mark Ainsworth, Neisha Allen, ARUA, John Brady, Thomas Carr, OBE, Neil Carroll, Tom Climent, Susan Connolly, Kathleen Cooke, Conor Coughlan, Michael Craig-Martin, OBE RA, Paul Cunningham, Diarmuid Delargy, Patricia Doherty, Felim Egan, Megan Eustace, Brian Fay, Mike Fitzharris, Michael Geddis, Paul Hallahan, Marty Kelly, Cecil King, James Kirwan, Barbara Knezevic, Sam Le Bas. Caroline McCarthy, Eleanor McCaughey, Lucy McKenna, Pádraig MacMiadhacháin, Jordan McQuaid, Gay O’Toole, Peter Richards, Elinor Sherwood, Wilfred Stewart, Fergal Styles.

 

 

Patrick Jolley’s Fog II  is currently on view at the Pearse Museum Rathfarnham as part of the annual joint touring exhibition of artworks from the collections of the OPW in the Republic of Ireland and the Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) of Northern Ireland.  ‘The Space Between’ features 38 artworks from these public collections, north and south, and was chosen by a group of graphic design and illustration students from Ulster University, Belfast School of Art.

The title of the exhibition reflects the students’ approach to the process as their discussions and debates on the final selection of artworks reflected ‘the space between’ – the space between the disciplines of graphic design and art and also between each student’s initial instinctive preferences and the curatorial decisions made as a group to create an interesting exhibition with a strong visual dynamic.

This travelling exhibition launched in September at the Oriel Gallery at Clotworthy House, Antrim before heading to Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham. It will then travel to the Parliament Buildings, Stormont Estate, Belfast in January 2018 and will conclude at the Backstage Theatre & Centre for the Arts in Co. Longford in March 2018.

The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue (available in Irish and English) that provides information on the project and invites the reader to join the students on the journey they took in making their selection. This is available at www.opw.ie/en/latestnews.