Fergal McCarthy: Take Me To The River

Saturday 9 July – Sunday 16 October 2016
Fergal McCarthy: Take Me To The River | Saturday 9 July – Sunday 16 October 2016 | VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art

Fergal McCarthy lives beside the filled-in harbour at the Guinness Factory in Dublin, the final destination until 1961 for thousands of barley-loaded barges that travelled from Carlow to Dublin along the Barrow and the Grand Canal. Using shipping palettes and hundreds of plastic bottles extracted from the canal near his home, a raft has been assembled to retrace this route in reverse. Salvaged ephemera gathered during the journey to Carlow will be assembled into artworks at VISUAL, the gallery becoming a production space for river-borne material at the opposite end of this once vital transport system.

Associated Events and Activities

River Walk with Fergal McCarthy • Sundays 10 and 17 July, 12pm, Free

Join Fergal as he explores the banks of the river Barrow with an artist’s eye. Meet at VISUAL at 12pm.

Saturday 9 July – Sunday 16 October 2016
VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art
Old Dublin Road, Carlow
Telephone: +353 59 917 2400
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