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55. STRONGHOLDS Contemporary Art from Ireland,
28 April - 9 June 1991
Dublin's nomination as the European City of Culture inspired
Tate Gallery Liverpool, a department of Tate Gallery London to organize
a comprehensive exhibition of young Irish artists. The Liverpool exhibition
was opened on 21 February 1991. The same exhibition was displayed in the
Sara Hildén Art Museum under the name "Strongholds".
The original motive for the exhibition was to emphasize
that Ireland, known for its literature and music, also has high-quality
pictorial art which is distinctively national, but which also has close
connections with modern international art. The exhibition was brought
to Finland because the latter also belongs to the periphery of Europe,
where different cultures encounter one another. Because of this, art both
in Finland and Ireland has reflected social pressures, changes and different
problems more extensively than in settled Central Europe. There are constant
upheavals and, on the other hand, there are defensive "Strongholds"
to which one withdraws.
The exhibtion in the Sara Hildén Art Museum displayed
works by eight artists: Dorothy Cross, Jacinta Feeney, Aidan Linehan,
Alice Maher, Locky Morris, Deirdre O'Connell, Kathy Prendergast and Martin
Wedge.
The whole upper floor was reserved for a selection of paintings,
sculptures, drawings, graphic works, photographs and installations.
The exhibition was organized in cooperation with Tate Gallery Liverpool.
Artists both from Northern Ireland and the Republic of
Ireland were represented in the exhibition. Five of the eight artists
were women. The guiding principle of the exhibition was how the past and
present Irish society are reflected in contemporary art, but its dominant
theme was the position of women in Ireland.
Catalogue:
Strongholds
1991, 48 pages
Sara Hildén Art Museum
Tate Gallery Liverpool
ISBN 1-85437-074-X
Price FIM 25
7,499 visitors attended the exhibition
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