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Have you seen a bluer sky?😮⁠ ⁠ It's hot, hot, hot, and our galleries are cool, cool, cool 😎⁠ ⁠ Tomorrow, Saturday, is the last day to enjoy The Flying Carpet exhibition with the family this Summer. ⁠ ⁠ Come and enjoy a nice chilled out space, Galleries and Café are open 11am - 5pm, Tues-Sat.⁠ ⁠ Admission: FREE⁠ ⁠ #Sligo #TheModel #SummerHoliday #VisitSligo #SligoTourism #WildAtlanticWay #DiscoverIreland #ArtGallery #FamilyTime

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Summer Gallery Tour⁠ ⁠ There is a guided tour of the exhibition Schmerzbau: it's not all just misery by Stephen Brandes today at 3pm. ⁠ ⁠ To join us just drop us a message or call before 12pm today!⁠ ⁠ Admission: FREE⁠ ⁠ About:⁠ The Model is pleased to present a newly commissioned body of work by the artist Stephen Brandes. Schmerzbau: It’s not all just misery explores how both comedy and tragedy can sit side-by-side through juxtapositions of representation and abstract form.⁠ ⁠ Schmerzbau itself is a made-up word, joining together two German words; schmerz, meaning pain or grief and bau, meaning construction. It is also a play on another constructed word, Merzbau, which was coined by the German artist Kurt Schwitters to give a title to the installations and collage work he created between 1920 and his death in 1948. In his lifetime he started several different Merzbauten in different locations. Each, however, was doomed to suffer tragic misfortune.⁠ ⁠ Central to this exhibition is a complex walk-through architectural and sculptural assemblage, which is partly an homage to Schwitters, his humour and resilience throughout the darkness of the first half of the last century. It pays tribute to the idea of creating something compelling, and often humorous, out of the mess our culture leaves in its wake.⁠ ⁠ The exhibition continues until 25 September and is accompanied by a publication by Brandes and art historian Sarah Kelleher, which is available from The Model’s reception desk.⁠ ⁠ To book please DM, phone 071 914 1405 or email info@themodel.ie⁠ ⁠ #DiscoverIreland #FillYourHeartwithIreland #WildAtlanticWay #Sligo #TheModel #SligoTourism

Visiting stunning Sligo this week?☀️⁠
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Visiting stunning Sligo this week?☀️⁠ ⁠ Why not join us at The Model for a FREE guided tour! 💁⁠ ⁠ There will be a tour tomorrow Wednesday at 3pm of our Century exhibition. Pre-booking is essential, simply drop us a message😊⁠ ⁠ The tour is part of our Summer In The Galleries program for August where every Wednesday & Thursday you can join a guided tour of our exhibitions for FREE.⁠ ⁠ Century, is one of the largest exhibitions of work from The Niland Collection to take place to date. Century features more than 100 artworks in a ‘salon’ style installation, and explores over 100 years’ of Irish social and political life as reflected in artistic practice since the birth of the Irish state. Highlights will include a host of well-known works from Sligo’s Municipal Art Collection, alongside a diverse array of artworks new to the collection which have never been displayed previously. Artists will include Robert Ballagh, Rita Duffy, Mary Kelly, Brian Maguire, Jack Butler Yeats and many more.⁠ ⁠ #Sligo #TheModel #VisitSligo #SummerHolidays #Free #Tour #WildAtlanticWay #DiscoverIreland #FillYourHeartWithIreland #ArtGallery #Yeats # SligoTourism #LoveSligo⁠ ⁠

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