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Irish Museum of Modern Art

and has works in the collections of many prominent museums.
exHiBiTiONS recent solo exhibitions include the centro de arte contemporaneo,
salamanca, spain, the whitney museum of american art, new york,
The 2003 temporary exhibitions program begins with and documenta ii, kassel, 2002. the exhibition is curated by brenda
photo and film works by Lorna Simpson, widely regarded mcParland.
as one of the principal contemporary representatives of the
black-American visual culture, while from 3 April to 29 June GARY HUMe
irish gallery goers will have their first opportunity to enjoy
the bright, distinctive paintings of well-known yBa member 3 APRiL - 29 JUNe
Gary Hume. in July the Museum will present a site-specific
installation based on flowers and landscapes by the younger- this exhibition, the first by gary hume in ireland, presents a
generation British artist Paul Morrison (9 July - 5 October), comprehensive overview of his work to date. best known as a
followed by an amazing display of sweeping architectural leading member of the ybas (young british artists), hume’s work
sculptures by the internationally-renowned Spanish artist is distinguished by a bright palette, reduced singular imagery and
Cristina iglesias (17 July - 5 October). flat areas of color, using gloss paint on aluminum panels. hume has
Later in the year, Belfast-born photographer Paul Seawright continually returned to particular subjects such as the nude, the
(18 September - 30 November) and British artists Langlands portrait and the garden, as well as the pictorial idioms of childhood
and Bell (10 December - March 2004) present individual with images of polar bears, snowmen, rabbits and large close-up
responses to their assignments as Official War Artists in faces. the feelings evoked by these works are often dreamlike,
Afghanistan. The eagerly-awaited exhibition of soft sculptures suggesting recollections from childhood. humes paintings have
and drawings by Louise Bourgeois opens in November and always appeared to be about surface qualities - shiny and reflective
continues until January 2004. in gloss paint. recent works are more inward-looking and secretive,
Group shows include the first exhibition in these islands on generating a sense that things are being withheld. these paintings
the work of the CoBrA artists (3 July - 21 September), active create an atmosphere of muted celebration with their intricate
in Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam in the mid-20th and ornate swags. bouquets and garlands of flowers, infused with
century, displays from the Weltkunst Collection (24 April - 15 a melancholic beauty. in several of the paintings a fragment or
June) curated by the British critic and curator Adrian Searle, detail appears to be pulled out in relief, serving to push the rest
Living in Motion (23 October - 4 January 2004), one of the of the image back, which in turn generates a feeling of loss. new
largest modern design exhibitions ever staged in this country, paintings are included in the exhibition. hume has exhibited widely
and Multimedia Maps (16 April - 20 July) exploring the art of internationally, including representing britain at the 1999 venice
community map making. biennale. he has had solo exhibitions at the scottish national
gallery of modern art, edinburgh, and the whitechapel, london. the
exhibition is curated by brenda mcParland.
Lorna siMPson WeLKUNST COLLeCTiON
glad that things don’t talk
27 FeBRUARY - 8 JUNe
24 APRiL -15 JUNe
this is the first solo exhibition in ireland of the african-american
artist lorna simpson, who is considered to be one of the principal the long-term loan of the welkunst collection of british art to
contemporary representatives of black american visual culture. the irish museum of modern art will come to an end in 2004. imma
simpson is well known for her provocative photographic works that marks the final year of the loan with an exhibition curated by british
address racial and sexual identity, notions of the body, interpersonal critic and curator, adrian searle. the title of the exhibition is taken
communication and relationships. interested in exploring the way from the sculpture by richard wentworth, 6/ad that things don’t
a photograph can be read, she creates conceptual compositions ta/k, which features in the show. searle re-examines the collection
pairing minimalist black-and-white images with short texts. in the by selecting a body of work which is drawn together by a work of
mid-199os she began creating editions in which photographic fiction, written by searle, to create a narrative path through the
imagery and language were printed on panels of dense felt exhibition. artists represented in the welkunst collection include
and hung in groupings to create large-scale images. simpson’s edward allington, hannah collins, mat collishaw, tracey emin, antony
concentration on the figure evolved into an interest in physical gormley, damien hirst, anish kapoor, avis newman, marc Quinn and
space and narrative storytelling, a shift which led her to explore rachel whiteread. the exhibition combines both large sculptural
the moving image and the medium of film. her work examines the installations and works on paper. the installation bureau de change
tensions between visibility and invisibility, challenging the spectator by rose finn-kelcey is being shown separately in the south wing of
to re-evaluate their own ways of seeing and perceiving. this the museum.the exhibition is curated by british critic and curator
exhibition includes a range of film and photo-works from 1986 to adrian searle.
2002. born in brooklyn, new york, simpson has exhibited worldwide

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