4th November — 31st December
Opening hours Mon—Sat 10am—5pm and Sunday 2—5pm
To mark the 'Year of Craft' Limerick's Hunt Museum will display the creations of acclaimed Limerick craft artist Liam Flynn. With a growing international reputation Flynn's almost ethereal works of art in wood are now collected by some of the world's leading museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Working largely with Irish timbers, Flynn, who turns wood, from raw oak to works of incredible delicacy and finesse, is a master craftsman of international calibre.
This mid-career retrospective brings together a selection of works which emphasise his excellence and the benefit to Limerick of having an artist of such international stature in its midst. With an additional small selection of works for sale viewers and visitors can not only admire Flynn's achievements to date but acquire a work to be treasured for generations to come.
Then & Now - New Work by Limerick Ceramic Artists From Thursday 26th May to Autumn 2011
Inspired by the Hunt Collection, the works will be exhibited beside the original objects.
The Hunt Collection contains a diverse selection of ceramics from the oriental and western traditions. These objects, all with their own inherent beauty, display not only the taste of the Hunts as collectors but also the variety of techniques used by ceramicists in past centuries. But Museum collections are not graveyards of past achievements. At their best they act as places of inspiration for the present and the future. To welcome Limerick Ceramic Artists here for the summer season is to establish a close dialogue between the past and the present, literally the 'then & now'. It is to emphasise the importance of the Hunt Collection as a source of engagement and inspiration. The work by the various exhibitors is refreshingly alive to concepts and ideas and is not simply paraphrasing, as such an exhibition might easily have been.
Opening Thursday May 26th at 6pm.
The Irish Face From September 9 to October 23 2011
Opening on 9th September the Hunt Museum is delighted to host an exhibition of photographs of Vanishing Ireland in advance of the publication of the latest in the series of books by James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury.
From September 9 to October 23.
The book itself will be launched at the Hunt Museum, Limerick, on 20th October at 6.00pm, to which all are welcome.
Exhibition partly sponsored by
Collecting for Ireland
Works from the Arts Council Collection
Wednesday July 6 to Sunday September 4
Opening Times: Sat 10am–5pm Sunday 2pm–5pm
This exciting exhibition features local artists Tom Fitzgerald, Charles Harper, Amy
O'Riordan, John Shinnors, Sam Walsh and Vivienne Bogan.
Admission free.
Texaco Children's Art Competition Winners 2009 & 2011 Exhibition
Thursday June 2 to Sunday June 26
HUNT 2011 - Exhibition by Year 2 Painting Students of the Limerick School of Art and Design Friday 6th to Sunday 22nd May
Inspired by the Hunt Collection, 'FIACH' the 14th Annual Exhibition by Second Year Painting Students from the Limerick School of Art and Design.
Opening Thursday May 5th at 6pm.
Maurice Gunning: Contemporary Photography of Ireland's Boating Heritage April 7-27 2011
The exhibition will officially be opened by Bob Quinn, writer and film maker on Thursday, April 7 2011 at 6pm.
WOMEN OF CONCERN - A Photography Exhibition from Concern Worldwide at The Hunt Museum from March 8 2011
Concern Worldwide is delighted to announce that the 'Women of Concern' photographic exhibition will open to the public at The Hunt Museum in Limerick, on 8th March 2010, to mark International Women’s Day. The exhibition will be opened by Amy Huberman.
The exhibition sees three of Ireland's top leading female photographers - Brenda Fitzsimons (The Irish Times), Kim Haughton (www.kimhaughton.com) and Marie McCallan (Press 22) exhibit images from three countries where Concern supports women's development projects. Their photographs give an insight into the lives of women in these three countries and how, with your support, Concern is helping them to improve their lives and communities.
The resulting images tell powerful stories of hope, determination and survival from post-earthquake Haiti, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.
Smrti 18 year old pavement dweller in Bangladesh. Photo by Marie McCallan, Press 22
Andrea Palladio 1508-1580 Exhibition of Photographs February 8-27 2011
Future Makers: Crafts Council of Ireland Exhibition December 2 2010 - January 5 2011
This exhibition, curated by Angela O'Kelly, will be supplemented with a series of events in the Museum including weekly lunchtime lectures (Fridays) as well as craft demonstrations, schools programmes and workshops for both children and adults. To register your interest, contact us on 061-3128333 or email education@huntmuseum.com Admission Free.
Selection of works from Limerick City Gallery of Art's permanent collection is on display in the Prologue Room. July - December 2010
Limerick Art Society Winter Exhibition November 12-28 2010
Admission free. All works for sale.
This exhibition will be supplemented with a series of events in the Museum including weekly lunchtime lectures (Fridays) as well as craft demonstrations, schools programmes and workshops for both children and adults. To register your interest, contact us on 061-3128333 or email education@huntmuseum.com
Fond Memories Bring the Light: the Photography of Franz Sebastian Haselbeck October 13 - November 7 2010 In partnership with
An exhibition of paintings by Special Olympians opens in The Prologue Room on Thursday 10th June at 3pm. This exhibition continues until 30th June. The Special Olympics open in Limerick on Wednesday 9th June and continue until Wednesday 13th June.
Hunt 10
13th Annual Painting Exhibition 2010 Limerick School of Art and Design, LIT, at the Hunt Museum from Tuesday 4th May until 23rd 4-23 May 2010
This annual show comprises of artworks made by 2nd Year students from the Painting Department of the Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick Institute of Technology, studying on the colleges Degree Programme.
The aim is to create circumstances where creativity can occur and this happens through the student’s response and engagement with the collection which includes works by Picasso, Gauguin and Renoir.
The Hunt Museums layout is unique in that it was created to mimic the atmosphere of a private house with artefacts from different periods placed alongside each other in different drawers and display cabinets.
Each year a diverse range of ideas and concepts emerge from this collaborative project.
This years exhibition explores ideas concerned with memory, history, humour, notions of architectural space, identity , location, light and text.
The student’s ability to embrace contemporary art practice is reflected in the variety of artworks on show which include photography, painting, sculptural works and alternative artworks.
What makes this show a dynamic and successful one is the way in which these young Artist give a sense of contemporary life to the historical by virtue of their individual often idiosyncratic ways of making Art works.
(L-R) Valentine, The Colour Purple (top), Horse and Jockey (below), Causing Problems
Bill Griffin at The Hunt Museum Thursday 8th April – Sunday 25th April 2010
Bill Griffin was born in Cork in 1947. As a young man he moved to London in the mid sixties to pursue the path of the artist. In 1971, however, drawn by the opportunity to travel and the challenge of a new career Bill went to work in the oil fields. Rising quickly through the ranks, his natural business acumen and engineering abilities meant that by the eighties Bill was serving as a board member and oil concession negotiator for some of the world's major oil companies. Working in such diverse fields as Africa, Australia, Russia and the Middle East gave Griffin, always a social and cultural imbiber, the opportunity to experience the lifestyle and imagery of these places.
The onset of the 'ultimate madness' as he describes it, persuaded him to abandon his very successful career and return to being a full time artist in 1999. He held his first solo show to huge critical acclaim in Cork as part of the St Finbarre's Cathedral celebrations in 2000. He has had 12 solo shows since and his work features in many national and international collections.
Bill Griffin's work is not easy to place in a contemporary Irish art context. His work is a conduit to the unconscious world of free expression. To get the purity of thought, memory and experience across the social divide one must use the channels of verbal and body language, facial expressions, the written word and any other communicative tool at one's disposal.
This is the world that Griffin is trying to bypass, the hindrances of these learned systems and language, and instead use symbolism to expose us to the purest of imagery that will take us to the inner space of the artist's mind.
There is a reluctance in him to provide an explanation, which may resonate personally and emotionally. Although his style is not representational in the traditional sense, these are subverted images of traditional subjects. Griffin is completely in the present moment when he paints; his point of departure is the act of painting itself. Colour is his voice and symbolism is his language. The image presented will elicit its own reaction within each individual and by assimilating the work into their own consciousness the viewer can enter this dreamscape. Therefore, justifiably, it can be noted that the imagery chosen may not always embody the essence of the painting. The vision retains the pictorial act, albeit not by the objects represented.
The figure becomes a motif and the objects within the painting become the vehicle for an underlying personal narrative that is far less easily read. Charming costumes and brightly painted hats rendered in dense and vivid colour are regularly used to allude to frivolity; but this frivolity is betrayed by the lack of interaction between the figures who never make eye contact. The arrangement of the figure motif becomes the symbol, as opposed to the specific characters themselves. At first glance, these are large gregarious and outspoken paintings produced during a rapid feverish process; but many are imbued by an underlying sadness and introspection.
Please contact
Veronica Hoen, Art Development Worker, for further details
Mob. 087 9687929. Email: veronica_hoen@eircom.net
Naomi O’Nolan, Exhibition Coordinator & Administrator, The Hunt Museum
Tel: 061 490084 Email: naomi@huntmuseum.com
Out: The National Prison Education Art Exhibition at The Hunt Museum, Limerick In partnership with the Irish Prison Service
Thursday 25th February – Sunday 21st March 2010
The exhibition OUT is the culmination of artistic work created by prisoners from prisons throughout Ireland. It also includes work from Post release projects, - ‘Pace’ and the ‘Pathways Project’, Dublin.
The works on display in the exhibition cover a broad variety of art forms including paintings, drawings, sculpture, lino prints, mosaic, jewellery, photography, video and pottery.
Today there are 3,976 persons in Prison across 14 Prisons throughout Ireland. Participation by prisoners in education courses/programmes is on a voluntary basis in all institutions.
Prison education aspires to offer a ‘broad curriculum’, encompassing academic subjects, Physical Education, Health/Social education and literacy/numeracy courses. Art /Craft /Design courses are an integral part of the curriculum in each of the Education Units. The most popular arts are the visual arts, music, writing and drama.
Those teachers who deliver such courses within Prison based Education Units are employed by respective County-based Vocational Education Committees, under the auspices of the Department of Education and Science.
On occasion, structured teaching activity in the area of the arts is augmented and enhanced by workshops delivered by professional Artists, working in specific areas of the Creative Arts.
The Arts Council and the Irish Prison Service jointly fund this scheme, called the ‘Artist in Prison’ scheme. These workshops are of tremendous benefit to the Prisoner, enhancing key skills areas, which enable them to further develop their proficiency in a particular area of the arts. The Irish Prison Service also works in partnership with the National College of Art and Design, in respect to delivery of planned, structured educational inputs to the enhancement and development of particular concepts within designated areas of the arts.
Persons in prison engage with the arts in Prison, for a variety of reasons. For many it will facilitate formalising of skills learned previously, for which they here to fore, had no formal certification/validation. For others it may be their first opportunity to work in this area. The attainment of skills, knowledge and certification, which is to be welcomed and encouraged is but one facet of the benefits of participation in the many arts programmes available. The benefits, sometimes uncertifiable are of equal importance such as Learning to work on ones own initiative, working as part of a team, anger management skills, Respect and acknowledgment of other people, patience and understanding. These are all personal skills/attributes which are enriched and enhanced by participation in the arts programmes available in the Prisons.
This exhibition is an opportunity for the Irish Prison Service to put on public view a sample of the many excellent items of work being produced in each of the Prison Education Units.
Please contact
Veronica Hoen, Art Development Worker, for further details
Mob. 087 9687929. Email: veronica_hoen@eircom.net
Naomi O’Nolan, Exhibition Coordinator & Administrator, The Hunt Museum
Tel: 061 490084 Email: naomi@huntmuseum.com
Samuel Walsh, 'Attica 111', 2008
Samuel Walsh, 'Albemarle', 2007
Explicatio exhibition by Samuel Walsh 15th January – 7th February 2010
Explicatio An exhibition of paintings (2003-2009) by Samuel Walsh will be officially opened by Judge Tom O’Donnell at The Hunt Museum on Friday 15th January, 2010 at 7pm.
While working on his series of works relating to The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, Sam Walsh also worked on other drawings and paintings which is the first purpose of this exhibition to bring to the public these works that have not been seen since the time of their making.
It is sometimes difficult to show an audience how, over a protracted period of time, how an artist’s work develops. Most people see a snatch of work usually presented as a coherent one-person exhibition but rarely is an audience exposed to the efforts occurring in-between. Artist’s retrospective exhibitions are usually the first arenas where this possibility may come to light and this is not a circumstance I would be rushing into as it has the feel about it of looking into your own grave! Therefore, I present this selection based on the aforementioned premise that this work was carried out over a specific period of time but has not been shown to the public in great quantity. The other purpose of this show is to present to you how an idea can be taken to a number of logical conclusions and along a particular path and occasionally to a dead end (but not a wasted end).
All works for sale.
The Devil’s in the Detail: A celebration of Rudolf Heltzel’s Jewellery
6-23 December 2009
The Devil’s in the Detail – an exhibition in the Hunt Museum, Limerick, offers a rare opportunity to see the spectacularly designed and exquisitely beautiful work of the goldsmith, Rudolf Heltzel. Worked with a skill that is almost unheard of in contemporary Irish goldsmithing, Heltzel’s designs are strong, modern, and eminently wearable. Unlike much of contemporary art jewellery, he works with rather than comments on the body and his pieces change their emphasis when worn, seeming to subtly adapt to the personality of the wearer.
All works for sale.
Model wearing Rudolf Heltzel A6 green tourmaline pendant
John Behan
The Silence of History
5-22 November 2009
Ireland’s most celebrated sculptor John Behan will exhibit an inspirational body of new work, under the title “The Silence of History”, at The Hunt Museum, Limerick, from November 5 – 22.
A collection of over thirty works, including not just sculptures, but also paintings by John Behan, who is without doubt one of Ireland’s most influential contemporary artists will be on display and for sale. John Behan first showed his work publically forty years ago and in the decades since, his reputation has grown far beyond our shores.
Seán Keating was born in Limerick in 1889 and was a popular and important, if controversial figure as an artist, teacher, writer and broadcaster in twentieth-century Ireland. His career spanned seventy years and while he was celebrated for his paintings of the Irish political situation between 1916 and 1924, iconic images of the Shannon Scheme and his representation of the people of the Aran Islands, this work is but a part of his oeuvre.
The exhibition
willexamine many of the most popular and several of the more obscure aspects of the artist’s career from 1907 to 1977 using iconic images alongside unfamiliar and previously unknown paintings and drawings.
The exhibition will include 33 works, as well as items from the private family papers. Works are mainly borrowed from leading private collections. Included in the exhibition are works that have never before been exhibited in public. More information >>>
Seán Keating, 'Late Self Portrait or Seanaithair'
Hunt 2009
7-21 May 2009
Revelation
9 April - 3 May 2009
An exhibition of twenty nine specially commissioned prints created by members of Graphic Studio Dublin and invited artists in the Print Room at the National Gallery of Ireland from April 9th until May 3rd, 2009.
'Revelation' was chosen as the theme for the show. In dealing with the profound concept of revelation - to make known something hidden - many of the artists and printmakers chose to embrace religious concepts of revelation, whilst others focused on the philosophical, scientific or secular dimensions of the topic. For many of the participating artists, the National Gallery of Ireland's collection has been the source of inspiration for their creations.
Among the artists featured in the exhibition are: Pamela Leonard, Cliona Doyle, Brian Lalor, Yoko Akino, Stephen Lawlor, Robert Russell, Clare Henderson, Tim Goulding, Jean Bardon, Tom Phelan, Lina Nordenstrom, Terence Gravett, Yoko Hara, Nickie Hayden, Sharon Lee, Maev Leneghan, Siobhan Hyde, Kelvin Mann, William Crozier HRHA, Guggi, John Kindness, Carmel Benson, Mary Lohan, Maeve McCarthy RHA, Martin Gale RHA, Donald Teskey, Seán McSweeney HRHA, Nigel Rolfe and Marta Wakula-Mac.
Admission is free and all prints are for sale through The Hunt Museum.
Guggi, 'The marriage at Cana',
etching,
49 cm x 34 cm
Jean Bardon, 'Annunciation lilies',
etching with gold leaf,
40 cm x 21 cm,
Stephen Lalor, 'Ecce Homo II',
etching,
30 cm x 24 cm
Paintings in the collections of The University of Limerick, Department of Justice, The Revenue Commissioners, The Hunt Museum, The Law Society of Ireland.
‘Into The Abyss’
12 March - 5 April 2009
An Exhibition of New Work
by Mary Meskell, B.A. (Hons) and Josephine Geaney, B.A. (Hons)
‘The title ‘Into The Abyss’ refers to a silent, misunderstood space. Our work is interconnected as we both portray elements of isolation, confinement and a sense of loss. The work explores the emotional abyss of human isolation. Windows feature as portals and paradoxically as invisible barriers that separate the inner and outer worlds of perception and reality’.
Josephine: ‘In my work the human figure represents a physical and emotional degree of isolation visible through the different levels of the picture plane’.
Mary: ‘In contrast my work has a purposeful absence of the human figure to better express the invisibility of those who feel emotionally isolated and disconnected’.
A catalogue of photographs by Hugh Doran in collaboration with The Irish Architectural Archive, featuring Dublin street scenes, portraiture of the 1950s and 1960s and also architectural, both exterior and interiors. Hugh Doran (1926–2004) a native of Dublin was an amateur photographer of extraordinary talent. A printer by profession who worked all his life with Arthur Guinness & Co., his photographs were presented to the Irish Architectural Archive in 2005 in accordance with his wishes.
The catalogue that accompanies the exhibition was printed in 2007.
Past Gazing Future Glazing - The Ceramic World of Peter Meanley
31 October - 31 December 2008
Peter Meanley is Northern Ireland’s foremost ceramic vessel maker. The exhibition comprises approximately 100 pieces including 16 vessels from the collection of The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
Exhibtion in association with The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
An exhibition of works by realist painter Blaise Smith of guns, tanks and shells painted over the last four years in Irish Army Barracks. This exhibition is in collaboration with The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
A 64-page casebound catalogue has been printed to coincide with the exhibition.
All works are for sale.
Blaise Smith: Landscapes and Still Lifes
10-23 October 2008
A series of landscapes and still life paintings on show in the Museum restaurant. This exhibition is in association with The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
All works are for sale.
Resonance - The Living Landscape
11-28 September 2008
An exhibition of oil paintings by by Denise Ryan of the Burren terrain and shoreline.
The works express the visual changes brought about by light, weather and the seasons and the resonance of lives lived in the landscape, as in her “Standing Stones” and “Deserted Village” series of paintings.
Paintings by Denise Ryan hang in private collections in the United States, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Ireland and France. Public collections include University of Limerick; Shannon Development; Clare County Council; TSB Bank, Limerick and Dublin; Chase Bank and Mid-Western Health Board.
All works are for sale.
Followers of Fashion — Painting Exhibition
5 June – 31 August 2008
The “Followers of Fashion — Painting Exhibition”, comprises 15 paintings which illustrate the development of fashionable dress from the Empire-line style of the early 1800s, through Victorian and Edwardian modes and wartime fashions, to those of the 1950s and 1960s. The paintings depict women dressed in tea gowns, ball gowns, ensembles for engagements, ‘walking out costume’ and mourning attire. In the nineteenth century, the middle classes acquired sufficient finances to have their portraits painted in the latest fashions. The sophistication of women’s clothing increased in the twentieth century, but was interrupted by the two World Wars. However, glamour returned in the 1950s.
Paintings by several Irish artists will be on view, including John Lavery, Sean O’Sullivan, Leo Whelan and Dermod O’Brien as well as works by less familiar European artists. The paintings have been selected from the National Gallery of Ireland’s permanent collection.
Tom Climent's new exhibition of paintings comprises works done over an 18 month period.
Usually known as a painter of large format works, he has over the last few years been working on a much smaller scale as well, as such this exhibition gives a more complete overview of his practice at the moment.
Known for his bold use of paint and brooding dramatic color, he can conjure a sense of interior space or landscape both urban and rural. While there is a lyrical romantic quality to some of his newer works, there still exists a sense of interaction, drama and narrative that characterised his earlier work.
Previous exhibitions include Hansel's House at the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery 2007, New Paintings at the Fenton Gallery 2003, and Pure at the Temple Bar Gallery and Studios 1997.
Climent won the Tony O'Malley Travel Award in 1997 and the Victor Treacy award in 1996, both from the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny.
In 2006 a retrospective catalogue of his work Decade was published with an essay by Vera Ryan.
An Leabhar Mór/ The Great Book of Gaelic
20 February - 20 March 2008
An international celebration of contemporary Celtic culture. The Great Book is a major contemporary artwork, a 21st century ‘Book of Kells’, that brings together the work of more than 200 visual artists, poets and calligraphers from Scotland and Ireland. This presentation features 30 works from the travelling exhibition. An Leabhar Mór website
Ceramics, jewellery, wood, glass, textiles, baskets and furniture - some of the finest examples of contemporary craft can now be seen in context in this groundbreaking exhibition by the National Craft Gallery.
Work by leading Irish artists such as Liam Flynn, Joe Hogan, Joseph Walsh and Beth Moran will sit Side by Side with priceless works from the Hunt Museum’s private collection. Formed by Gertrude and the late John Hunt, this body of work dates from the Neolithic to the 20th century and includes works by Renoir, Picasso and Yeats.
A Celebration of Limerick's Silver
14 September 2007 - 13 January 2008
A major exhibition of Limerick silver from the 17th to the 21st century.
This exhibition brings together a comprehensive collection of silver made in Limerick and includes items which have strong associations with the city and region. Household items, such as dish rings, soup tureens, marrow spoons will be juxtaposed wtih items of major civic importance, for example, the city mace, the University mace as well as historic GAA medals, sporting trophies and contemporary pieces.
This exhibition and associated catalogue will contribute to the developing canon of knowledge on local history and equally will make a significant contribution to the history of Irish craft and design.
Guided tours daily at 2.30pm
Fashion and Photography 1950s and 1960s
10 June - 26 August 2007
This exhibition explores and contrasts the sophisticated, elegant and mature image of the 1950s woman with the youthful, casual and, at times, youthful look which dominated fashion in the mid-1960s. Clothes by leading designers of the time including Christian Dior, Mary Quant, Chanel and others will be on display.
Examples of works by famous photographers of the day, including Terence Donovan, William Klein, Louise Dahl Woulfe and more, also form part of this exhibition.
Exploring the landscape in various paint media. An exhibition of new works by Limerick artist, Andy McCarthy. Included are works in oils, watercolours and bronze. All works are for sale.
Collectors Event @ The Hunt Museum
16 November - 6 December
The Crafts Council of Ireland and The Hunt Museum present an exhibition for the discerning collector offering exclusive selections of contemporary crafts with works by some of Ireland's most distinguished craftworkers. All works for sale.
Art Now 2006
27 October - 9 November A selection of works by leading Irish artists, a collaboration between The Taylor Galleries, Dublin, and The Hunt Museum. Artist include Louis le Brocquy, John Shinnors, Tony O'Malley, Jane O'Malley, Patrick Scott, Blaise Smith, Sean McSweeney, Michael Quane, Mary Lohan and others. All works for sale.
Louis le Brocquy 'Allegory & Legend' 16 June - 24 September 2006
Louis le Brocquy, who was born in Dublin in 1916, is regarded as Ireland’s most important living artist and one of the country's great painters of the 20th century. His painting of the heads of great literary and artistic figures such as W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Pablo Picasso, William Shakespeare, Federico Garcia Lorca and Seamus Heaney are recognized the world over as being a distinctively powerful and significant part of the canon of 20th century art. Equally, his reflections on historical themes, mythical stories and folk rituals express deeply felt reactions to our past, with contemporary eyes.
This year, 2006, marks le Brocquy’s 90th year. To celebrate this event, The Hunt Museum, in collaboration with Pierre le Brocquy, is curating a major exhibition of his works.
EV+A Event
March – June 2006:
'Encounters with Objects' by Julian Walker
The Hunt Museum is presenting Encounters with Objects by Julian Walker as part of EV+A Limerick, 2006, from 10 March to 21 May. The work comprises a video, shown in the upper study room, eight photographs and a number of text labels interspersed throughout the collection.
The work examines the history of the objects in the collection, from their original identity as objects made for use, to their being lost, hidden or removed from use, to their acquisition by the Hunt family. At this stage many of them were put into use in accordance with their original intended usage, as domestic items, as items to be worn or displayed in a way that enabled physical interaction. On passing to the Museum they were removed from use again, acquiring a new identity as 'museum objects'; yet visually they remain objects for use.
Walker's work examines their role as objects to be used, by using them. The physical engagement involved asks questions about our identities, and what we feel when we touch objects from the past. In particular it examines the nature of the projection of presence conveyed within the body of preserved objects, and the view of time as a helix along which points of repetition may be perceived creating lines of connection.
An exhibition of paintings by well known Limerick artist from Lough Gur, Robert Ryan. The hours of darkness, silence and stillness almost feel timeless, infinite. Robert's images are of a darkened empty place where creatures (as if in limbo) wander aimlessly in isolation, like lost souls. (All works for sale)
Topographical Views from Glin Castle - Limerick and its Environs
15th – 26th February
This exhibition, Topographical Views from Glin Castle – Limerick and its Environs, provides layers of insight into Irish social history and topography from the eighteenth century to the present day. These eloquent paintings form part of an inspired collection assembled over the past 30 years by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin, president of the Irish Georgian Society and now active on the advisory committee of the recently established Irish Heritage Trust.
All works here are based on the theme of landscape, which conveys a sense of place. However, the treatment of the place, which is Limerick City and County as well as counties, Clare and North Kerry, varies with the style of the artist the time and subject. Collectively, they evoke a deeper understanding of our local place here in the Mid West. The paintings are documents of social history as well as being works of beauty. Those who made this exhibition happen, the Knight of Glin, Limerick Chamber of Commerce and Limerick City Museum must be congratulated on a fine achievement.
Gardens of Earthly Delight at The Hunt Museum Gallery, Limerick
11 January - 12 February 2006
This specially-created exhibition of limited edition prints is a collaborative project between The Chester Beatty Library and The Graphic Studio, Dublin. Thirty-nine distinguished Irish and international artists were invited to explore the Library's collection fucusing on garden and related imagery, which express man's spiritual and physical need to create, cultivate and depict gardens. From the traditional symbolism and restraint of Japanese and Chinese gardens, to the symmetry and richness of the Qur'an-inspired Paradise gardens and the Christian gardens of medieval Europe, the common theme is the garden as terrestrial paradise, a refuge and a place of spiritual solace - a Garden of Eden. (All works for sale.)
Collectors Event @ The Hunt Museum
8-23 December 2005
The Crafts Council of Ireland and The Hunt Museum, present an exhibition for the discerning collector offering exclusive selections of contemporary crafts with works by some of Ireland's most distinguished craftworkers.
View the Collectors Event exhibition catalogue here. All works for sale.
ART NOW 2005. This exhibition of contemporary Irish Art, in collaboration with Taylor Galleries, Kildare Street, Dublin
8pm 17 November-4 December 2005
Michael Quane, Horse and Rider, marble, 55 x 41 x 27 cms
Tom Fitzgerald, Death by Numbers, Bronze, stainless steel, marble, slate, hardware, 183 x 34 x 30 cms
A selection of works by: Tom Fitzgerald, Colin Harrisson, Bernadette Kiely, Mary Lohan, Gwen O'Dowd, Michael Quane, and John Shinnors.
All works for sale.
John Shinnors, Sculptor's Scarecrow, Road to Carraroe, oil on canvas, 16" x 16"
Andrews, O'Connor, Quillinan at The Hunt Museum
21 October-13 November 2005
An exhibition of paintings by three well established artists who have based this exhibition on a work or artist in the Hunt Collection.
(All works for sale.)
'Shades of Light - Evocations of Summer'
8 June - 16 October 2005
Shades of Light - Evocations of Summer includes works by great Irish artists such as Sir John Lavery, William Leech, Estella Solomons, Walter Osborne and George Russell (Æ). The paintings in this exhibition have been selected for their poetic and evocative imagery and from different perspectives capture moments of leisure, relaxation and sensuous pleasure. Different subjects and contrasting milieux highlight the many ways the artists have responded to evocations of summer: visually, emotionally, intellectually and aesthetically.
Focus is both on people enjoying the pleasures of outdoor life and clement weather and on varying treatments of the landscape genre by the featured artists as they explore the properties of colour and light. We see diverse geographical locations including Donegal, Kerry, Brittany, Venice, Cannes and Morocco.
Works included in this exhibition are largely from private collections and are not normally available for public viewing. Further Information>>
'Hunt 2005'
an exhibition by Second and Third Year Painting students from Limerick School of Art & Design inspired by the Hunt collection
5-19 May 2005
Artist John Shinnors, 'Over Straw Island 1', Oil on canvas, 31" x 26"
Art Now: John Shinnors
Selects
11-30 November 2004
An exhibition of contemporary Irish art selected by John Shinnors, in collaboration with the Taylor Galleries Dublin, (featuring works by Brian Bourke, William Crozier, Conor Fallon, Mary Lohan, Sean McSweeney, John Shinnors, Nancy Wynne Jones). All works for sale.
Collector's Eye: Works from a private
collection
Selection of paintings and sculptures from 1930s and 1940s.
In collaboration with the Model Arts & Niland Gallery, Sligo, and the Frederick Gallery, Dublin
6 March - 1 April 2004
Ochtar - A Group Show
Exhibition of works by eight artists from Limerick and
Mid West Region. Vivienne Bogan, Jack Donovan, Gillian
Kenny, Brian MacMahon, E.J. Peters, Robert Ryan, Walter
Verling, Lorraine Wall.
Artist Robert Ryan - 'Star
Gazers' oil on canvas 129cm x 91 cm
Artist Brian MacMahon - 'Paddy
with Laptop' Oil on canvas 102 cm x 76 cm
Exhibition of
Paintings by Ian Humphreys, Majella O'Neill Collins and John Simpson at
The Hunt Museum Gallery from 5 September to 28 September 2003. This exhibition
records three personal responses to West Cork and in particular the sea
that borders it. Humphreys is an English artist who moved to West Cork in
1999. His work is concerned with man's presence in the seascape. Simpson
is a Scottish artist who moved to Sherkin Island in 2002, his work is more
representational, and O'Neill Collins a native of West Cork whose work is
powerful and dramatic.
Re-Tracing the Past
An interactive exhibition where visitors will be
able to discover details of some objects of the Hunt Collection
through
novel interactive technologies.
Exhibition runs from 9 - 19 June 2003.
Opening Times: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sunday 2pm-5pm
Also exhibited:
2004
2004
Ochtar
- A Group Show
Exhibition of works by eight artists from Limerick and Mid West
Region. Vivienne Bogan, Jack Donovan, Gillian Kenny, Brian MacMahon,
E. J. Peters, Robert Ryan, Walter Verling, Lorraine Wall
February 7-29 2004
Undercurrents:
new paintings by Beatrice O'Connell
March 6 - April 1 2004
Collector's
Eye: Works from a private collection
Selection of paintings and sculptures from 1930s and 1940s.
In collaboration with the Model Arts & Niland Gallery, Sligo,
and the Frederick Gallery, Dublin
April 7-23 2004
Sean
Keating: Celebrating 75 Years of Ardnacrusha
In collaboration with the ESB and the University of Limerick
May 2004
Hunt 2004 - Students Limerick
School of Art & Design
2003
January 14 - February 2 2003
Small Works on Paper 1983-2002, an exhibition of small works on Paper by Samuel Walsh. Small scale works can test an artist in a way that a larger scale does not. These works provide some insight into how the artist thinks, as he moves from one form to the other showing how one medium suits a certain image and how things fit in and do not.
June 9-19 2003
Re-Tracing the Past
An interactive exhibition where visitors will be
able to discover details of some objects of the Hunt Collection
through
novel interactive technologies.
June 26 - August 31 2003
Roderic
O’Conor - Shades of a Master
22 paintings by Roderic O’Conor (1860-1940) from private
collections. Clickherefor more information about this exhibition.
September 5-28 2003
Exhibition
of Paintings by Ian Humphreys, Majella O'Neill Collins and
John Simpson. This exhibition records three personal responses
to West Cork and in particular the sea that borders it.
2002
March 2002
Bernie Masterson paintings
April 2002
Group Show - Geraldine Dennehy,
Marie Loftus & Rena Casey Lewis
June 6 - September 22 2002
Sybil Connolly - Ambassador
of Style
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for more information about this exhibition
3-27 October
2002
UTV
Collection
A selection of 32 paintings from the Ulster Television Collection.
Public Talk Thursday 3 October at 1pm by Theo Snoddy
8-29 November
2002
Majella
O'Neill-Collins
2001
January 2001
Irish Delftware Exhibition
March 2001
Coilin Murray - paintings
and prints
April 2001
Thomas Ryan RHA - retrospective
paintings
May 2001
Hunt 2001 - Students Limerick
School of Art & Design
June 2001
Eoin McCarthy - Exhibition
of photographs in collaboration with
St. Munchins Community Art Project
July-Oct 2001
‘As I See Myself’,
Self Portraits from The National Self Portrait Collection and
other works by Limerick Artists
Nov 2001
Dougal McKenzie paintings
December 2001 - January 2002
‘Emerge’ A mixed
media exhibition by graduates of Limerick School of Art &
Design and members of Limerick Arts & Crafts Association
Samuel Walsh, 'Attica 111', 2008
Samuel Walsh, 'Albemarle', 2007
