Exhibitions
VASSALDOMS UNITED by Eimear Walshe
posted: Apr 15
Luan Gallery presents VASSALDOMS UNITED, a solo exhibition of newly commissioned work by Eimear Walshe, curated by Aoife Banks and produced by Anthony O'Connor.
This is Walshe's first solo exhibition in Ireland following their national representation at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024. Born in Longford in 1992, Walshe's work has long focused on representations of Ireland, and the local and international politics at play behind those representations, including questions of external optics and internal incoherencies.
The artworks in VASSALDOMS UNITED are concerned with places where the historic legacies and contemporary presence of empire are palpable – through law, bureaucracy, infrastructure, land, and language. It comprises new works in video, sculpture, sound, and vinyl installation commissioned by Luan Gallery.
The exhibition takes place across all three gallery spaces in Luan Gallery. The video FREE STATE PANGS (2025) is an absurd and unfurling fable of administrative paper chase through state funding, the courts, and the health system. AIRE (2025) wraps Luan's Shannon-facing River Gallery in an image of Shannon Airport – a landscape through which Ireland is wedded to the US Military's wars of aggression, while Study for the Athlone to Derry train (Queen Medb Line) (2025) outlines the artist's fantasy of a high-speed local service train between Connaught and Ulster.
A programme of accompanying events will take place during the run of exhibition. Information on the exhibition and upcoming events can be found on Luan Gallery's website and social channels.
VASSALDOMS UNITED will continue until Sunday 22nd June. Luan Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm and from 12 pm to 5 pm on Sundays. Admission to the gallery is free, and guided tours are accessible to all but require advance booking.
This exhibition is funded by the Arts Council, with works commissioned by Luan Gallery and supported by the Arts Council Project Award.
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