Runs from 20th – 27th September 2024
Tuesday – Saturday | 10am – 4pm
This body of work presents a portrait gallery of nearly unrecognizable individuals living in a state of liminality—neither here nor there. Preceding the creation of these works, An Táin Arts Centre’s Artist in Residence, Els Borghart conducted storytelling sessions with Ukrainian nationals, which deepened her connection to their narratives and inspired these portraits. They are losing the life they once knew and are trying to find ways to rebuild anew. These figures appear and disappear, tremble, vibrate, and fade in and out of different realities, capturing the simultaneous experiences of melancholy, loneliness, and hardship alongside a persistent desire for positivity, gratitude, and hope.
