The 2015 Visual Arts programme for King House was launched on 18 April and opened with an exhibition titled The Lung by Christine Mackey, running parallel with Contexts:01, an exhibition of works from the Boyle Civic Art Collection that respond to Christine’s work.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2015, the Boyle Civic Art Collection is unique in that it was formed through funds generated from sales during the annual Boyle Arts Festival. It’s civic role is fulfilled through the community acting as custodians of the collection, presenting it in public spaces from retirement homes to schools. The Collection is regarded as one of the most comprehensive of its kind, containing seminal works by many of Ireland’s leading artists.

The works displayed in the Long Gallery present a new narrative of the Boyle Civic Art Collection, bringing together works that connect to the thematic contexts in The Lung by Christine Mackey. Mackey’s work involved mapping and logging strategies as a means of exploring a location. Using the notion of naturally defined boundaries, she explores “The Lung” townland with the river acting as “a memory field”.

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