Rose Wylie’s idiosyncratic paintings are big, generous, and free-spirited. There are artists with whom her work has some connections, but none who have her tone and attitude. Rose Wylie’s pictures are bold, often a little chaotic, occasionally unpredictable, and always fiercely independent, even though they are not at all domineering.
Acknowledging the crucial role artists play in influencing and shaping other artistic practices, ‘The Artist’s Eye’ series asks those exhibiting in Gallery 1 to invite an artist of influence to present work in Gallery 2. In this instalment, Alice Rekab has invited Éireann and I, an archive of Black life for Black migrants in Ireland. […]
The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present a commissioned solo exhibition by artist Alice Rekab. In their work Rekab explores embedded personal and cultural narratives; the stories that we tell and the stories that we are told about ourselves. This work emerges from their own mixed-race Irish identity, their family history, experiences of growing up, […]
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