The Sea Around Us
Thu. 23 Jul. – Sun. 27 Sep. John Akomfrah (GH/GB), Forensic Oceanography / Forensic Architecture (GB), Shaun Gladwell (AU), Karen Power (IE), Susanne M. Winterling (DE). The Sea Around Us is an ambitious, large-scale group exhibition that explores our complex relationship with the ocean through installation, film, participation and
Emma Stroude; Treading a Fine Line
In this new body of work, Emma Stroude explores themes of uncertainty, instability and the ability to recognise innocent and well intentioned actions, in contrast to threat. Layers of suggestion and open-ended questions may be interpreted differently by the viewer depending on their personal history and the influence of the
Kate MacDonagh
Kate MacDonagh is an abstract artist whose work explores dualities of light and dark, scale and ephemerality, stillness and movement, the spectral and the material. Since spending time in Japan throughout the last four years, Kate's primary focus is on water-based woodblock printing (Mokuhanga) and water colour painting. From carving
Nora Niland; Portrait of a Collector
Through correspondence, press reports, and original artworks, this exhibition provides a revealing insight into the tenacious efforts of Nora Niland in founding an art collection for Sligo. In doing so, Nora was one of the first to place the visual arts, and the work of artists at the centre of
The Niland Collection; To Have and to Hold
To celebrate 60 years of The Niland Collection, The Model has presented a year-long series of events that commemorate Nora Niland and the remarkable collection she founded for Sligo. To Have and to Hold features works by a host of talented Irish artists spanning the period 1880-2012. A core part
Maria Loboda; Hearing Otherworldly Music
Maria Loboda is an artist of international distinction, who has exhibited widely across the globe over the past decade. Loboda first showed at The Model in 2015 as part of the Psychic Lighthouse exhibition, and we are very pleased to present her first solo exhibition in Ireland, which tours to