Kian Benson Bailes: Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin

Monday 26 May – Saturday 12 July 2025
Kian Benson Bailes: Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin | Monday 26 May – Saturday 12 July 2025 | Mermaid Arts Centre | Image: sculpture of what looks like a very large black earwig with thin steel-bar-like legs and pretty terrifying pincers at the bum end; at the head end, we seem to see a pinned-on photo of a pale human face with too many eyes; the upper body seems to be wearing some sort of messed-up suit; a strange object appears to be attached to one of the critter’s legs – one or more heads made of strange material, papier-mâché or sweets or coloured cotton balls or…; this all seems to be in some sort of gallery space

Curated by Sara Greavu ( Project Arts Centre) in 2023, Kian Benson Bailes’ Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin arrives at Mermaid Arts Centre in a new iteration.

Comprising sculpture, digital & material collage, musical instruments, ceramics, textiles, woodwork, and live sculptural sound elements. Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin references Irish folklore, mythology, and craft traditions in an exuberant expression of rural queer experience.

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Monday 26 May – Saturday 12 July 2025
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