Highlanes Gallery was founded 20 years ago, with much of its capital funding centring on its location in Drogheda, a border town in Co. Louth, and the challenges to the citizens across both sides of the border during and since ‘the Troubles’.
Dates – 22 August – 31 October
Picturing the Border: 1921 – 2026
Focusing on representations of the Irish border in painting, print, photography, film and popular culture, this exhibition and seminar will concentrate on how artists have reacted to the border since 1922, moving away from stereotypical and clichéd depictions of the region.
It will show communities on both sides of the border and how the division of the country has impacted on each county and region in a different manner. The gallery’s proximity to the border enables it to draw on local contacts and artistic networks and institutions thus revealing the full cultural response to the over one-hundred year old boundary.
Co-curated by Dr Orla Fitzpatrick and Aoife Ruane, we ambition up to 7 invited artists as well as work from public and private collections from Ireland and Northern Ireland.
With much of the original research supported by Trinity College Dublin, this autumn seminar which will mark the opening of Highlanes Gallery, 20 years ago, in October, and reflect key themes in the exhibition as well as exploring ideas of the border within an EU context.
Artists, art historians, afficionados will present keynote, panel and special focus presentations, and with an accompanying publication.
Venue – Highlanes Gallery, Laurence St, Drogheda A92 F7PH
See Highlanes gallery website for full details.