Dublin Contemporary 2011

Thursday, 01 July 2010

Dublin Contemporary 2011 - a new exhibition to be held every five years that has been in development since 2006 under the management of Rachael Thomas (Head of Exhibitions, IMMA), has been announced. The concept for Dublin Contemporary was researched, developed and resourced by Thomas and Oliver Dowling (formerly of The Arts Council) with the support of Enrique Juncosa and the Irish Musuem of Modern Art.

Curated by Rachel Thomas, Gerard Byrne, Oliver Dowling, Okwui Enwezor, Enrique Juncoase, Christine Macel and Hans Ulrich Obrist Dublin Contemporary 2011 will place emerging and established Irish-based artists under the spotlight, alongside international artists in the hope of facilitating an experimental experience within Dublin’s distinct cultural context.

Allowing visual artists, scholars, writers, philosophers, curators and musicians to propose new encounters between disciplines, Dublin contemporary undertakes the largest contemporary art event ever held in Ireland in an attempt to fuse a cultural event with the social mode of Dublin. Integrating a variety of creative and intellectual practices, staged within the biennale structure.

More than 80 Irish and international artists are participating, showing work in a variety of spaces including the Irish Film Institute, IMMA, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, the Royal Hibernian Academy and the James Joyce Tower.

List of participating artist to be announced early in 2011.

Dublin Contemporary

6 September 2011 - 31 October 2011

http://www.dublincontempoary.com