29 November 2012 – 24 February 2013, Admission Free
Luan Gallery, Athlone, Co Westmeath
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Hannah Starkey, Untitled, August 1999, C-type print, 122 x 152 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Donated by George and Maura McClelland, 2000
Borrowed Memories is the inaugural exhibition at the new contemporary art gallery, Luan Gallery, in Athlone, Co Westmeath. In its previous incarnations the building which now houses the Luan Gallery has been many things to many people and to the town of Athlone – a library, concert hall, cinema and town hall to name but a few. Designed by Keith Williams Architects, the Luan Gallery is first new visual art gallery to be opened in the country in over three years. The name ‘Luan’ derives from the Irish for Athlone, ‘Baile Áth Luain’ and was proposed as part of a public competition organised to name the new gallery.
Borrowed Memoires comprises work by artists from the IMMA Collection by Amanda Coogan, Shane Cullen, Patrick Graham, Ann Hamilton, Hughie O’Donoghue, Hannah Starkey, Ameila Stein and Daphne Wright. The exhibition focuses on work which allows the individual to reflect, not only on their own history and memories, but that of others.
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Luan Gallery
Custume Place
Athlone, Co West Meath
Opening Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday: 11.00am – 5.00pm
Sunday: 12noon – 5.00pm
Exhibition Guide
Please click here to download the exhibition guide (Acrobat Reader PDF – 2.51MB)
Related Links
Press Release
www.athloneartandheritage.ie
Installation images from Borrowed Memories
Photos: Corin Bishop Photography
Hughie O’Donoghue, Blue Crucifixion, 1993 – 2003, Oil on linen canvas , 330.2 x 823 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Gift, The American Ireland Fund, 2010. Installation view Luan Gallery, Athlone, 2012. Photo: Corin Bishop Photography.
In foreground Ann Hamilton, Filament II, 1996, Organza fabric, steel mount with electronic controller, Dimensions variable, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Purchase, 2002. Installation view Luan Gallery, Athlone, 2012. Photo: Corin Bishop Photography.
Shane Cullen, Fragmens sur les Institutions Républicaines IV, 1993 – 1997, Painted text; acyrlic on 96 styrofoam panels, 12 blocks of 8 panels, each block 251 x 480 x 6 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Purchase, 2000. Installation view Luan Gallery, Athlone, 2012. Photo: Corin Bishop Photography
Daphne Wright, Where Do Broken Hearts Go, 2000, Continuous tone photopolymer intaglio plates, tinfoil, glue, resin, woman’s voice reading Country & Western songs, Dimensions variable, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Purchase, 2000. Installation view Luan Gallery, Athlone,2012. Photo: Corin Bishop Photography