Cairde Visual
Cairde Sligo Arts Festival’s fifth annual open submission exhibition. Building on the success of 2017’s successful partnership with The Model, this show will feature work from both Irish and international artists across a broad diversity of media. On the occasion of the opening of Cairde Visual, The Model is delighted
Yeats; Portrait of a Family
This exhibition presents an intimate look at the Yeats Family through the portraits of John Butler Yeats and a selection of other artists. The show features a considerable body of work newly added to The Niland Collection from the recent Yeats Family sale at Sotheby’s and includes John Butler Yeats’
Home
A collaborative project by poet Enda Wyley and visual artist Anita Groener, this film-poem interprets tales of home and belonging, rooted in community conversations. Home is a Bealtaine Festival commission supported by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Opening with visual artist Anita Groener and poet Enda Wyley.
Future Perfect
Nairy Baghramian, Kerstin Brätsch, Mariana Castillo Deball, Cyprien Gaillard, Dani Gal, Annette Kelm, Jutta Koether, Armin Linke, Antje Majewski, Henrik Olesen, Yorgos Sapountzis, Nora Schultz, Nasan Tur, Danh Vo, Clemens von Wedemeyer. The exhibition FUTURE PERFECT Contemporary Art from Germany includes films, photographs, sculptures, objects, painting, and collages by sixteen
Louis le Brocquy: The Tain
On the occasion of Lorcán MacMathúna’s multi-disciplinary performance The Tain, The Model will present a selection of original illustrations created by Le Brocquy for Thomas Kinsella’s seminal 1969 translation of the great Irish epic, the Táin Bó Cúailnge.
Peter Wächtler; Far Out
Far Out, 2016 is a four-minute, hand-painted animation by the German artist Peter Wächtler, in which a solitary figure in a top hat and tails walks towards, but never reaches, a mountaintop castle. The film, which is accompanied by a soundtrack written and performed by the artist, uses rhythm and repetition to create a compelling, humourous and discomfiting viewing experience.