Olives, Oysters and Oranges
Olives, Oysters and Oranges - Bloomsday Festival 2019
13 - 30 June 2019
Group Show
Artists:
Michelle Boyle, Áine Divine, John Keating, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Caitríona Ní Threasaigh and Yanny Petters
Official opening:
Thursday 13th June 2019, at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, 3 Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1.
Guest speaker:
Dr Flicka Small, Joyce Scholar and Food Enthusiast, University College Cork
The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present 'Olives, Oysters and Oranges', a group show featuring watercolour paintings around mentions of food in James Joyce’s novel ‘Ulysses’. The exhibition features new work by gallery artists Yanny Petters and Eoin Mac Lochlainn and the following invited artists: Michelle Boyle, Áine Divine and John Keating. The show also features 'Penelope', filmed by Conor Tobin, performed by Caitríona Ní Threasaigh and Aaron Hughes as Leopold Bloom.
The title of the show, 'Olives, Oysters and Oranges', comes from Dr Small's current research into the semiotics of food in Ulysses.
On Saturday 15th June and Sunday 16th June, Dublin Sketchers will present an exhibition of sketchbooks, also on the theme of food.
On Sunday 16th June, from 3pm onwards, visitors will be able to indulge in a selection of food and cheeses from our sponsors, the Derry-based award-winning artisan Tamnagh Foods and Dart Mountain Cheese. A live performance of ‘Penelope’ by the artist Caitríona Ní Threasaigh will also take place on the day.
The exhibition, curated by gallerist Olivier Cornet, is part of the Fringe programme of the Bloomsday Festival, organised by the James Joyce Centre Dublin. It runs until the 30th of June.
For more information about the 2019 Bloomsday Festival and our participation in it:
Reviews and coverage:
The exhibition got a mention in The Irish Times' arts supplement 'The Ticket' on 15th June 2019 ('This week's Visual Arts Highlights' by art critic Aidan Dunne)
"A strange mixture ensued between interpreting the fruity theme erotically and a beautiful, dry, and utterly relevant series of head-sized "portraits" of one of Ulysses's characters: the humble spud, with watercolors by Eoin Mac Lochlainn."
Joyce in 100 objects: Bloom's Potato, James Joyce Quarterly, The University of Tulsa, 4 May 2020: a great review of Eoin Mac Lochlainn's potato (Talisman) series in the context of James Joyce's Ulysses
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday: 11am-6pm (till 8pm on Thursdays)
Saturday & Sunday: 12 noon-5pm
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