The Model, Sligo.

A Series of Navigations

This group exhibition presents a number of artists whose work traverses different dimensions of reality, identity and reportage. Each work, at its root, has a form of investigation – questions about sexual identity, the cosmos, the canons of philosophy, the meaning of life, third world poverty or the relevance of

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Zin Taylor: Thoughts and Forms

Zin has become known internationally for his elaborate installations encompassing elements of performance and sculpture along with drawing, printing, and video. Narration is an essential ingredient of much of Taylor’s multifaceted work, and his stories are often culled from the undergrowth of popular culture (more specifically underground music scenes) and

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(sub)TEXT

(sub)TEXT

(sub)TEXT, a collaborative, time based, multi media installation contemplating relationships between process, concept, impact and aesthetics is opening in room at The Model this week. Room is an artist-led space provided by The Model to The Model’s Studio Artists and is programed by the artists. By facilitating an exploration of

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Ilya and Emilia Kabakov Angelology

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Angelology

Angelology is a new large-scale installation project by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov at The Model. This project takes the theme of angels – humanity’s imagination and romanticisation of angels especially – as its beginning point, and includes paintings, sculpture and mixed-media installations that fill the entire Model exhibition spaces. Within

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Norah McGuinness (1901 1980) Hanrahan's Vision (Illustrations For The Stories Of Red Hanrahan)

Norah Mc Guinness: Illustrations to Stories of Red Hanrahan

This small exhibition of McGuinness’s illustrations to WB Yeats Stories of Red Hanrahan will mark the first time these works have been exhibited publicly in many years.

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Ireland in the Twentieth Century

The Model is delighted to present an exhibition, drawn from the Niland Collection entitled Ireland in the Twentieth Century. The exhibition looks at changes in Irish social and political life throughout this turbulent century. The show will look at the political awakening of the masses in the early part of

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