Bloomsday 2022 Group Art exhibition Olivier Cornet Gallery
'Outrageous, Obscene and Offensive', a Bloomsday and Summer group show, 12 June – 31 July 2022, Olivier Cornet Gallery
12 June 2022 - 31 July 2022
'Outrageous, Obscene and Offensive'
A 2022 Bloomsday and Summer group show on the theme of censorship.
A 2022 Bloomsday and Summer group show on the theme of censorship.
Artists:
Aisling Conroy, Mary A. Fitzgerald, David Fox, Claire Halpin, Nickie Hayden, Miriam McConnon, Sheila Naughton, Yanny Petters, Kelly Ratchford, Vicky Smith
and Susanne Wawra
Launch of the show: Sunday 12 June, 2pm to 5pm, Olivier Cornet Gallery.
Availability of the show: Tuesdays to Sundays at the gallery. The show is also available 24/24 in our 3D Virtual Space.
Special thanks to Jordan Farrelly
for preparing the brief to the artists.
The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present this Bloomsday 2022 group art exhibition on the theme of censorship. We are also delighted to announce that this show is part of the official Bloomsday Festival
organised by the James Joyce Centre, Dublin
As is now almost tradition for us, the Olivier Cornet Gallery will once again curate a thematic group exhibition for the Bloomsday festival. This year, as we mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses in Paris, we have invited some of our artists to respond to the theme of censorship.
Contrary to popular belief, the novel was never 'officially' banned in Ireland, but it was never actually put on sale, as copies of the book seemingly didn't make it through customs. However, it was indeed banned in the USA -lest it might cause American readers to harbour "impure and lustful thoughts"- and was also banned in the UK in 1929.
'Outrageous, Obscene and Offensive', the title of this year's exhibition, will include work by our represented artists Yanny Petters, Claire Halpin, Miriam McConnon, Kelly Ratchford and Susanne Wawra as well as the members of our AGA group: Mary A. Fitzgerald, Aisling Conroy, David Fox, Nickie Hayden, Vicky Smith and Sheila Naughton. The artists have been invited to explore censorship in a wider context too, not just in literature but in other disciplines and fields, such as visual art and films.
Those familiar with the gallery's annual Bloomsday themed shows will note the reference to the 2019 Bloomsday exhibition curated by the gallery, namely 'Olives, Oysters and Oranges' which was all about food connotations in the famous novel.
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Coverage / Reviews / Quotes:
- Bloomsday Festival Dublin, ConnollyCove, February 2022
- "Dublin: Censorship", Irish Art Review Magazine, Summer edition 2022
Celebrating Bloomsday and James Joyce’s Ulysses, artists exhibiting at the Olivier Cornet Gallery respond to the theme of censorship across a range of creative disciplines. Exhibiting artists are: Yanny Petters, Claire Halpin, Miriam McConnon, Kelly Ratchford, Mary A Fitzgerald, Aisling Conroy, David Fox, Nickie Hayden, Vicky Smith, Sheila Naughton and Susanne Wawra.
- Fine Arts: Events calendar, Philip Carton, Business Post, 12 June 2022
- Your guide to Bloomsday 2022, Visit Dublin, 16 June 2022
- The Agony and the Ecstasy, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, 16 June 2022
- District Magazine, Weekend Guide, 17 June 2022
- Art in the City, Elizabeth Birdthistle, Fine Art & Antiques, The Irish Times, 9 July 2022 (with Claire Halpin's Libricide reproduced in the article)
(printed version titled 'Dublin is full of art in the city this month', section Art, antiques & collecting, Home & Design, page 3).
(printed version titled 'Dublin is full of art in the city this month', section Art, antiques & collecting, Home & Design, page 3).
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