Seeing comes before words’. John Berger
Dear artists and art lovers,
I
like to invite you to take part in a discussion organised during the closing
reception of the exhibition CIRCUS EUROPE: an international
collaboration of poetry & images, in the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon on
1st February at 7 pm.
Artist
Machteld van Buren from the Netherlands
The
eight large collages illustrate how the struggle for survival is being waged
various European countries.
On the evening Machteld van Buren will start
with a short talk about her work and will invite you afterwards to take part in
a walk around the exhibition and to discuss the various works with invited
politicians and the public.
The theme of the discussion will be:
'Questioning Europe’s Future'
Invitees for this evening are: Michael
McNamara, Timmy Dooley, Pat Breen, Johnny Flynn, Tony Mulcahy and Martin
Conway.
The idea behind Circus Europe is to strike a
different note in the political debate through art and to give an alternative
with a playful and visionary element, which might be actually quite useful.
Rather than leaving it to politicians to define the Europe
of today and tomorrow, it would be good to have artists depict it as well.
ALL WELCOME
Trudi van der
ElsenCurator/Co-ordinator Courthouse Gallery
‘Art is not searching for solutions, but likes to bring about a stimulating field for new and open ideas’
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