The Body Electric
The Model is delighted to present a new online programme on our digital platforms for adults, artists and the general public. The Body Electric features an online exhibition, a publication of contemporary writing, as well as our new Podcast series, which includes discussions, readings and performances. The project features work
The Model Podcast: The Body Electric
The Model Podcast: The Body Electric Please note that this project has now ended The Model presents a new Podcast throughout 2021. The first series, hosted by Artistic Director, Emer McGarry, looks at the intersection of visual art and literature, and features readings, sound compositions and performances of new work
The Body Electric Publication
Writers Claire-Louise Bennett, Tara Bergin, Leontia Flynn, Alice Lyons, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Rosie O’Reilly, Jessica Traynor and Suzanne Walsh respond to the work of six artists from The Niland Collection, using the rhetorical device called ekphrasis. A form of writing originating from the Greek word for ‘description’, this technique has
Alison Pilkington; I Build My Own Island
The Model is delighted to present an exhibition of fresh and exciting new works by Sligo-born painter, Alison Pilkington. Pilkington’s practice taps into an inner world of personal experiences to conjure up disquieting vistas where all is not entirely at ease. Humour and the absurd abound in strange unsettling landscapes,
Kanreki
Curated by Kate MacDonagh Yoko Akino, Moya Bligh, Debra Bowden, Kari Cahill, Cliona Doyle, Susan Early, Niamh Flanagan, Paul Furneaux, Mary Grey, Patty Hudak, Ann Kavanagh, Jennifer Lane, Louise Leonard, Kate MacDonagh, Ed Miliano, Ross McDonnell, Susan Mannion, Geraldine O’Reilly, Helen O’Sullivan, Robert Russell, Mateja Smic, Elke Thonnes, Vaida Varnagiene, Katsutoshi Yuasa Kanreki is an exhibition of Mokuhanga prints by members of Graphic Studio Dublin and invited artists. Mokuhanga is a
The Body Electric Exhibition
Taking Walt Whitman’s iconic poetic celebration of the human being as its title and its point of departure, this exhibition explores the human form, embodiment and the lived experience through key works in The Niland Collection. The idea of ekphrasis underpins The Body Electric and it is this ancient technique