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Twin Jesus Christs unvelled

One of Sang-Kyoon Noh’s Twin Jesus Christs Following a delivery on Wednesday that took 5 men and 2 hours to complete, the Twin Jesus Christs, some 9-feet tall per statue, were placed in the Model Satellite on Castle Street in preparation for Medium Religion. I was curious to see inside

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Exhibition on Religion May Test Blasphemy Legislation

There has been a lot of dialogue in the press (see further reading links below) on the proposed Blasphemy Bill by Dermot Ahern, which is especially interesting for The Model as we are about to open an exhibition that tackles contemporary representations of religion and religiosity. Here’s a copy of

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The Model in May

We’ve lots going on at the minute so here is a copy of the newsletter we just sent out. The RSAG tickets have already been won but if you want to be on future monthly email outs just enter your email on the homepage www.modelart.ie Faith. Geopolitics. Art We’re currently

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Bibio Hedged-In for Relay

Bibio – Hedged In We are delighted to announce that the artist most recently chosen by John Lambert to contribute to Relay is Bibio (aka Stephen Wilkinson), and his piece, in response to Pierre Bastien, has gone live to listen to and to download today. Curator John Lambert writes :

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Touch the Sky films the street

Touch the Sky performance group hit the streets with videos cameras in hand, filming street life in Sligo town — it is a sunny Thursday morning, and it’s 11.00 am, so it’s a great time to capture a slice of life before the lunch time bustle of traffic kicks in.

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PACE launched

The Model, along with Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, have been working on a project called PACE for the last 2 years, and we are delighted to announce the launch of the online resource. PACE is dedicated to promotion and

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