Matt Packer in conversation with Jim Ricks. JR: Ok, just to kick things off… Derry seems to have a combination of street cred and access to the UK and for a city its size it does appear to have remarkable resources, but is there a scene and is it something that can organically grow? And finally, what effect will Brexit have on Derry as an art place? MP: You’re asking a bungle of different questions there. Derry has a remarkable history, which in turn gives… Read More »
HAIKU REVIEW: Still (the) Barbarians
Remembered only For the early catalogue In Irish. Plus app. EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial: Still (the) Barbarians Pio Abad, Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, Philip Aguirre y Otegui, Kader Attia, Kostas Bassanos, Eric Baudelaire, Hera Büyüktaşcıyan, Tiffany Chung, Criodhna Costello, Jonathan Cummins, Godfried Donkor, Samuel Erenberg, Theo Eshetu, Mary Evans, Tom Flanagan and Megs Morley, Liam Gillick, Yong Sun Gullach, Carsten Höller, Dorothy Hunter, Jeremy Hutchison, Joanna Hutton, Alfredo Jaar, Michael Joo, Journal Rappé, Kapwani Kiwanga, Abdoulaye Konaté, Syowia Kyambi, Kemang Wa Lehulere, Leung Chi Wo, Charles Lim Yi Yong, Alice Maher, Bradley McCallum, Naeem Mohaiemen, Pádraic E. Moore, Otobong Nkanga, Uriel Orlow, Ulrike Ottinger, Alan Phelan, Johannes Phokela, Sarah… Read More »
REVIEW: Agitationism – EVA International ‘Ireland’s Biennial’
The city of Limerick shares EVA 2014 between two main venues. The main gallery is Limerick City Gallery of Art (LCGA). The second space is a disused milk plant on the other side of the river. This latter site reflects the changing economics of the city, from an agricultural hub to one of culture. Indeed the plant once owned by Golden Vale shows the signs of disrepair. While LCGA’s white walls interiorise and vacate the space for the art work to be shown, the… Read More »
Images: Matters – EV+A 2010
Suggestive Biscuits, Sandy Kennedy Pan-National Flag (detail), Patricia Reed Christopher Roland Mahon Untitled Scenes from a Journey, Simon English Bottles & Fans, Sai Hua Kuan Communication, Myles Shelly Untitled, Hans Josephsohn Grow Finish Unit (near Elkhart, Kansas), John Gerrard Mass Equals Energy, the Exact Weight of the Artist’s Body in Flour, Ben Mullen Hopeless Land, Liu Wei Kirsty Kilbane Leo Fitzmaurice Leo Fitzmaurice Every Nothing, Fiona Reilly The Beauty of Pain, Shin Egashira John Pickering Night in the Science Zone, Caoimhe Kilfeather Eva Hild… Read More »