Seminar: Artist as Witness – Migrations

Wednesday 24 May 2017
Seminar: Artist as Witness – Migrations | Wednesday 24 May 2017 | Hugh Lane Gallery

Seminar, Wednesday 24 May, 2 – 4pm

Artist as Witness – Migrations is a seminar in response to the exhibition Port Life – Eugeen Van Mieghem. Invited speakers will take Mieghem’s work as a starting point to explore the idea of the ‘Artist as Witness’ in society and will expand into broader contemporary issues, such as climate change, labour migration and globalisation challenging the world today. For centuries various forms of art practices have responded to real world experiences and artists have consciously taken on the role of witness to events – from the intimate to the historical in scale – across human society. What does being a witness mean for an artist and how has such a role changed over time? Can meaningful work result? What responsibilities do artists and the art process take on and how can these responsibilities be fulfilled? These questions and more will be discussed by Alaina Claire Feldman, Dr Niamh Ann Kelly and Erwin Joos in individual presentations and a chaired discussion with Declan McGonagle. This seminar is initiated by Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane in collaboration with the Port Perspectives Programme – a focus on reconnecting Dublin port and Dublin city.

Guest Speakers:
Alaina Claire Feldman, Director of Exhibitions at Independent Curators International (ICI), New York.
Dr Niamh Ann Kelly, Lecturer in Visual Culture at the Dublin School of Creative Arts, DIT
Erwin Joos, Director of Museum Eugeen Van Mieghem
Declan McGonagle, Curator of the engagement programme for Port Perspectives

PROGRAMME
2.00: Welcome address by Barbara Dawson, Director of Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
2.05: Introduction to Eugeen Van Mieghem by Erwin Joos, Director of Museum Eugeen Van Mieghem
2.25: Artist as Witness in Society by Dr Niamh Ann Kelly, Lecturer in Visual Culture at the Dublin School of Creative Arts, DIT
2.45: Ocean After Nature by Alaina Claire Feldman, Director of Exhibitions at Independent Curators International (ICI), New York
3.15: Open discussion introduced by Declan G McGonagle, Curator of the engagement programme for Port Perspectives
4.00: Closing of seminar Artist as Witness – Migrations

FREE EVENT
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For further information please contact Liliane Puthod or Jessica O’Donnell / 012225558 or 012225550 or check website http://www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures

Wednesday 24 May 2017
Hugh Lane Gallery
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