ARTIST JIM KAVANAGH EXHIBITION
During Nov. and Dec. Galway artist Jim Kavanagh will hold a special exhibition at the Galway City Museum with proceeds going to the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI).
PHOTO: Paul Riordan ( Bord Na Mona), Artist Jim Kavanagh and Eddie O'Sullivan at the launch of Jim's exhibition Bog : Land : Scapes at Galway City Museum. Photo: Martina Regan
Bog : Land : Scapes is the second collaboration between Jim and the London-based poet Richard Dyer. Their first collaboration resulted in A Western Journey, published in 2006 by Arlen House. Launched by former Irish rugby coach Eddie O'Sullivan, This time they turn their attention to the Irish peat bogs. A DVD will be released at the same time, made in collaboration with filmmakers Ciaran Magill and David Andrews. Proceeds from the sale of the DVD, and the paintings will go to the NBCRI. The DVD contains poetry readings and interviews with the artists involved, as well as footage of the bogs accompanied by a haunting score by local musician Noelie McDonnell. Kavanagh’s inspiration for painting the bog came from numerous trips up and down the Curragh Line which cuts through the wet desert that runs for miles towards Lough Corrib. The paintings are made on a vast scale in order to reflect the enormity and drama of the landscape.
Over several months Dyer retraced Kavanagh’s excursions to the peat bogs and responded to the same places that had inspired the artist – only this time through the medium of poetry. Sometimes the poems are very much about the place, a direct response to the geography and atmosphere of a particular location, at others the poetry is more to do with the poet’s subjective state of mind at the time of the visit, mediated through his emotional resonance with the location.
The DVD will be on sale during the exhibition in the Galway City Museum. This event is kindly sponsored by Grooveyard, Bord na Mona and The Whiteroom Gallery and will run until Christmas at the Galway City Museum.
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