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Willie Doherty in Picturing the Border: 1921 – 2026

Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda

22 August - 31 October

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Willie Doherty in Picturing the Border: 1921 – 2026

Focusing on representations of the Irish border in painting, print, photography, film and popular culture, Picturing the Border concentrates upon how artists have reacted to the border since 1922, moving away from stereotypical and clichéd depictions of the region. The exhibition shows communities on both sides of the border and how the division of the country has impacted on each county and region in a different manner.

The gallery’s proximity to the border enables it to draw on local contacts and artistic networks and institutions thus revealing the full cultural response to the over one-hundred year old boundary. Co-curated by Dr Orla Fitzpatrick and Aoife Ruane, Picturing the Border will have up to 10 invited artists as well as work from public and private collections from Ireland and Northern Ireland.

The Chairperson and the Board of Highlanes Gallery invite you to the opening gallery curators’ and artists’ talk next Saturday 22nd August from 3pm. No booking required.

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Images

TO THE BORDER  A Fork In The Road The place where Ciaran Doherty was executed in February 2010, accused of being a British informer, he was abducted two hours before his body was dumped at the side of the road. 1986 - 2012 black & white fibre photograph mounted on aluminum, edition of 3 122 x 183 cm / 48 x 72 in    Collection of Huis Marseille, Amsterdam and Arts Council, Northern Ireland

TO THE BORDER 
A Fork In The Road
The place where Ciaran Doherty was executed in February 2010, accused of being a British informer, he was abducted two hours before his body was dumped at the side of the road. 1986 - 2012
black & white fibre photograph mounted on aluminum, edition of 3
122 x 183 cm / 48 x 72 in   
Collection of Huis Marseille, Amsterdam and Arts Council, Northern Ireland