To encounter At the Edge is to embrace ephemerality, impermanence, and the discomfort of unresolved questions. By pushing at the boundaries of what art can be and what it can be about, the artists gathered here invite viewers to reconsider the physical and conceptual structures that shape lived experience—and to begin to imagine them otherwise.
Curated by Dr. Lisa Panzera and Assistant Curator Allison Carey
Animating artworks from the Hugh Lane Gallery’s collection through lived experiences, Time & Time Again retraces the experiences that define growing up, reaching the present moment, and anticipating the daunting future—as seen from the perspective of Dublin’s youth.
Featured artists:
Lady Beatrice Glenavy, Harry Clarke, Alice Maher, Brian Maguire, Francis Edward James, Eleanor McCaughey, Rita Duffy, Louis le Brocquy, Diana Copperwhite, Willie Doherty, Leslie MacWeeney, George William Russell (Æ), Leslie MacWeeney, Edward Kienholz & Nancy Kienholz
Ideated by Young Visionaries and Curated by Allison Carey
The artists included in this exhibition were at the center of this new movement in the early stages of their artistic practices; a single work by each artist is on view to underscore the conception of minimalist practices as a collective movement. Although today some of minimalism’s groundbreaking artists are better known than others, this installation revisits the impact their work had at the time of its creation. Many of the artists included here were also featured in Kynaston McShine’s seminal Primary Structures exhibition at The Jewish Museum in 1966, which is now posited as a critical juncture in the development of minimalism; however, the word “minimal” is mentioned in the exhibition catalogue only once, a reflection of the relative newness of the style.
Michael Findlay states: “What I hope to do with this exhibition is to introduce the viewer to the vision of these artists that I encountered well before they had significant critical or commercial status. They indeed made history, but the shared goal was to make things that were new and exciting. The bracing shock of those encounters… has never left me.”
Curated by Michael Findlay with Curatorial Assistant Allison Carey.
–James Baldwin
What happens when we assess a work of art as a historical document? When Art Intersects History examines works of American modern art that document the history of equality during the second half of the 20th century. This politically charged era reached a climax in the 1960s and 1970s with the confluence of the civil rights movement, women’s rights campaigns, the gay rights movement, and Vietnam War protests. All of this resistance was propelled by a mounting countercultural cry for equality and social justice. This exhibition considers how American artists have shared their perspectives on these galvanizing historic moments, and how their work still impacts us today.
Curated by Allison Carey