the lung
christine mackey
CONTEXTS:01
BOYLE CIVIC ART COLLECTION
king house, boyle
EXHIBITION: 18.04 - 13.06.2015
PREVIEW: 6PM, 18.04.2015
The 2015 Visual Arts programme for King House will begin with an
exhibition titled The Lung by Christine Mackey, running parallel with
Contexts:01, an exhibition of works from the Boyle Civic Art Collection that
respond to Christine’s work.
Mackey’s work involved an engagement with students from St.
Nathys College and local publics. This process led to the publication
of BACKLANDS a fold-out map devised through a series of inventive
strategies for exploring the town of Ballaghaderreen. Through this 'logging'
process, Mackey has developed an installation work that relates to the
'Lung' - townland, pre-historic boundary, tributary river of the Shannon,
site of a water power dam and abandoned swimming pool. This work
explores the lung as a multi-facet site with the powerful force of the river
as a memory field, marker of historic potentials and social container.
Biography
Christine Mackey is an artist based at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre.
Her research-based practice is rooted in environmental concerns and
the development of meaningful participation working across a range of
disciplines and site-specific contexts. Mackey graduated with a practicebased PhD at the University of Ulster, Belfast (2012). She has participated
on a range of international and national residency programmes including:
AIR Rejmyre Art Lab, Sweden (2014) and Art & Sustainability, Cambridge
School of Art (2013). Recent solo exhibitions include SEED MATTER,
Limerick City Gallery of Art (2013); Labor on … as if Draoicht Arts Centre
(2013) and Seed Matter and Other Stories The Butler Gallery (2011).
Current group exhibitions include The Thin line, Oriel Myrddin Gallery,
Wales, The Garage Door Gallery: Holman Arts & Media Center, USA
and The Bridge Gallery, London (2015). Upcoming projects include a
residency at the Delfina Foundation, London with group exhibition curated
by Nat Mullar, and a solo exhibition at the AC Institute, New York funded
by Culture Ireland.
www.christinemackey.com
King House,
Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
www.kinghouse.ie
T: (071) 966 3242
Exhibition opening hours:
11am - 5pm, Monday - Saturday
Contexts:01 will present a new narrative of the collection, bringing
together works that connect to the thematic contexts in The Lung by
Christine Mackey.
Celebrating it’s 25th anniversary in 2015, the Boyle Civic Art Collection
is unique in that it was formed through funds generated from sales
during the annual Boyle Arts Festival. It’s civic role is fulfilled through the
community acting as custodians of the collection, presenting it in public
spaces from retirement homes to schools. The Collection is regarded as
one of the most comprehensive of its kind, containing seminal works by
many of Ireland’s leading artists.
Contexts:01 curated with Naomi Draper
The 2015 Roscommon Visual Art programme will see a shift that
challenges the conventions of working in traditional gallery contexts.
Over the coming months a number of projects, events and exhibitions will
unfold throughout the County, programmed by curator in residence, Linda
Shevlin.
The visual arts programme is supported by Roscommon County Council
Arts Office, Roscommon Arts Centre and the Arts Council of Ireland and
curated by visual arts curator in residence Linda Shevlin.
This curatorial residency is kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
For further information contact [email protected]