St Carthage Hall
16 Jul - 21 Aug, 2022
16 Jul - 21 Aug, 2022
St Carthage Hall, Lismore Co. Waterford
Saturdays & Sundays, 12-5pm, and by appointment
A DIFFERENT HORIZON
Myrid Carten, Isadora Epstein, Áine McBride, Alice Rekab, Sheila Rennick, Eimear Walshe.
Curated by Mary Cremin & Paul McAree
Launch Saturday 16 July at 3pm, St Carthage Hall
Join us for a performance by Isadora Epstein at 4pm in Lismore Castle Gardens
A different horizon explores the complex nature of how we understand and translate experiences of our social and environmental structures. The exhibiting artists have diverse practices and represent dynamic and distinct voices in contemporary art in Ireland. The use of language, sculpture, painting, video, text, digital prints and performance express complex narratives that are specific to each artist, some resolved and some unwinding. The mining of material be it personal, political or observational situates the work within this historical and political milieu. The relations and disparities in these artists works create charged interactions and an open communicative space.
Myrid Carten explores through documentary and fiction her own personal narratives and lived experiences. Alice Rekab’s practice is concerned with the exploration of complex cultural and personal narratives that create new ways of understanding ideas of family, nation, and the body. In her paintings Sheila Rennick engages with absurdity and humour as a way to critique the social norms of our everyday lives. As a writer and performer Isadora Epstein performs texts that enlivens her research in the area of mythology and art history. Eimear Walshe’s research-based practice engages with fiscal and sexual economies and histories manifesting in publications, video, performances and lectures. Áine McBride’s work reconstitutes signifiers and materials of the everyday, manifesting in sculptural stagings. These are informed by urban and domestic considerations of art, architecture and design. Each of these artists research and approaches demonstrate the intricacy of how we situate ourselves in a constantly changing political and social environment and create new ways to expand and understand who we are.
From 2023
Stable Yard at Lismore Castle
Niamh O’Malley has been commissioned to create a new permanent artwork for the former stable yard at Lismore Castle.
From 2022
Lismore Castle Stable Yard
First exhibited at St Carthage Hall, Lismore in 2014, now permanently housed at Lismore Castle Stable Yard.
02 Sep 2024 - 05 Oct 2025
St Carthage Hall
A year long community led project with artist Ruby Wallis
22 Mar - 25 May, 2025
St Carthage Hall
Nicole Wermers will create a large-scale installation in response to the castle and the space at St Carthage Hall.
22 Mar - 26 Oct, 2025
Lismore Castle Arts
A Cabinet of Curiosities at Lismore Castle Arts
16 May - 30 May, 2025
Lismore Castle Arts
Join our learning team for a fun and creative morning of sensory play and art making.
14 Jun - 10 Aug, 2025
St Carthage Hall
New work for St Carthage Hall by acclaimed Irish artist Ailbhe Ní Bhriain
14 Jun - 10 Aug, 2025
The Mill
New work from Irish artist Laura Fitzgerald for the Mill.
Lismore Castle Arts
Open Daily
Monday to Sunday
10:30am – 5:30pm (last entry 4:30pm)
14 March – 26 October
St Carthage Hall
Saturdays and Sundays
12pm – 5pm during exhibitions
Other times by appointment
The Mill
Saturdays and Sundays
12pm – 5pm during exhibitions
Other times by appointment