Dare to rethink the possible: where commodities and cultures collide.

The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts invites you to experience the difference of a new remarkable. To reimagine what an exhibition event can be, and say hello to the future of commodity culture, as imagined by visual artists who think differently. Scientifically formulated and clinically tested for 100% guaranteed satisfaction.

We ask you to dare forward and rethink possible. We are.

Key Learnings… presents nine artists whose practice incorporates commodity culture, taking in branding, mass-market imagery, retail style, the domestic, advertising and packaging.

Noel Hensey / Caroline McCarthy / Emily Mc Gardle / Aideen Barry / Asha Murray / Liliane Puthod / Amy McNamara / David Timmons / Richard Collier

Store Manager: Davey Moor

Noel Hensey contemplates both religious and mental health issues through the lens of branded lifestyle.

Caroline McCarthy considers mass-production and design in her recreations of everyday objects, which often incorporate extraordinary trompe l’oeil effects.

Emily Mc Gardle uses dead-pan humour in the language of product packaging to draw attention to human foibles and neuroses.

Aideen Barry uses the commodification of the domestic space to skewer societal norms.

Asha Murray’s cartoonish riffs located in the point-of-sale arena blend autobiographical storytelling with a brash visual style.

Liliane Puthod uses textual cliché to great effect in work which examines nostalgia as a potent force.

Amy McNamara plays the entrepreneur behind Restless Retail, a range of self-care products assured to have zero effect on your health and wellbeing.

David Timmons remixes discount supermarket flyer imagery to create collages which both overload and intrigue the senses.

Richard Collier, aka Hiberno Toys, handmakes action figures from Irish society, in fully realised packaging to deftly satirise public figures.