Carlos Amorales
Yuri Avvakumov
Alyona Kirtsova
Maja Bajevic
Sarah Browne
Dieter Buchhart
Gerard Byrne
Ben Cain
Tina Gverovic
Mircea Cantor
Phil Collins
Mark Cullen
Brian Duggan
Ann Curran
Alexandre da Cunha
Janine Davidson
Ayse Erkmen
Vadim Fishkin
Leanora Hennessy
Irwin
Emily Jacir
Emilia & Ilya Kabakov
Johanna Kandl
Ziga Kariz
Michael Klien
Volmar Klien
Ed Lear
Borut Korosec
Christine Mackey
Katrina Maguire
Dorit Margreiter
Maxine Mason
Paul McAree
Eline McGeorge
Aisling O'Beirn
Roman Ondak
Vanessa O'Reilly
Alan Phelan
Anri Sala
Efrat Shvilly
Dimitar Solakov
Nedko Solakov
Vaselian Solakov
Malin Stahl
Mladen Stilinovic
Apolonija Sustarsic
Fiona Tan
Alexandra Vajd
Anton Vidokle
Julieta Aranda
Sally Timmons
Zdenka Badovinac
12/3/2004
Imagine Limerick
Urban space, Limerick
The aim of the exhibition is to draw attention to the ideology of the visible, existence of conflicting interpretations and to the illusory nature of the known. Invited ev+a, a special section begun in 1994, is a biennial event in which the Open ev+a adjudicator of the year personally invites the participation of artists of international status, curates and places their work in Limerick City and its environs, thus providing a counterpart to the Open ev+a section.
ev+a 2004 Imagine Limerick, Open & Invited
Curator: Zdenka Badovinac
13th March - 23rd May 2004, Limerick, Ireland.
The Exhibition Imagine Limerick
Limerick, the host city of ev+a, is a small Irish city that is more or
less unknown outside Ireland. (Local politicians are trying, among other
things, to create a recognisable image for the city in order to attract as
many tourists as possible.) In the context of the exhibition Imagine
Limerick, the name of the city represents something that does not yet
have a widely recognised image and so remains a metaphor for a unknown.
Only that which is known, which has an image, exists in the (post)modern
world.
To have an image is an imperative of the present time. In the broader
international context, Limerick still exists somewhere between image and
the absence of image, between market and unmarket. Limerick shares this
fate with most smaller cities that fail to make the list of tourist
destinations. And it is precisely for this reason that Limerick, in a
world ruled by images, is something special. Everyone who goes to Limerick
can freely, without any predetermined images, form his or her own
independent idea about it. Limerick stands for all the possible spaces
that do not lie in the centre of the world or its communication networks
and that, for this reason, can become spaces of our imaginations.
Today it is becoming increasingly important to draw attention to how
dangerous various forms of generalisation can be and how easy it is for
modernisation to become a global process of uniform thinking. For this
reason, then, the exhibition Imagine Limerick makes a stand for spaces of
unmarket and imagination.
The aim of the exhibition is to draw attention to the ideology of the
visible, existence of conflicting interpretations and to the illusory
nature of the known.
Zdenka Badovinac, Curator
ev+a OPEN and INVITED ARTISTS:
Carlos Amorales (Netherlands/Mexico); Yuri Avvakumov & Alyona Kirtsova
(Russia); Maja Bajevic (Bosnia); Sarah Browne (IRL); Dieter Buchhart
(Austria); Gerard Byrne (Ireland); Ben Cain &Tina Gverovic (UK/Croatia);
Mircea Cantor (Romania/France); Phil Collins (IRL); Mark Cullen & Brian
Duggan (IRL); Ann Curran (IRL); Alexandre da Cunha (Brazil); Janine
Davidson (IRL.); Ayse Erkmen (Turkey); Vadim Fishkin (Russia/Slovenia);
Leanora Hennessy (IRL.); IRWIN (Slovenia); Emily Jacir (Palestine); Emilia
& Ilya Kabakov (USA/Russia); Johanna Kandl (Austria); Ziga Kariz
(Slovenia); Michael Klien (Austria) Volmar Klien & Ed Lear (Austria/UK);
Borut Korosec (Slovenia); Christine Mackey (IRL); Katrina Maguire (IRL);
Dorit Margreiter (Austria); Maxine Mason (UK); Paul McAree (UK); Eline
McGeorge (Norway); Aisling O'Beirn (IRL); Roman Ondak (Slovakia); Vanessa
O'Reilly (IRL); Alan Phelan (IRL); Anri Sala (Albania/France); Efrat
Shvilly (Israel); Dimitar Solakov & Nedko Solakov & Vaselian Solakov
(Bulgaria); Malin Stahl (Sweden); Mladen Stilinovic (Croatia); Apolonija
Sustarsic (Slovenia); Fiona Tan (Indonesia/Netherlands); Alexandra Vajd
(Slovenia); Anton Vidokle & Julieta Aranda (USA/Russia/Mexico); Sally
Timmons (IRL)
exhibition of visual + art
ev+a, a collaboration among artists, curators, sponsors, workers and
committee members, presents yearly to audiences of and in Limerick the
testimony that the best of contemporary art offers for the assessment,
understanding and celebration of the contemporary culture we all share.
ev+a an artist-centered exhibition, has become Ireland's premier annual
exhibition of contemporary art. It offers a wide ranging programme of
events that integrate local, national and international communities in the
celebration of contemporary art and culture.
Open ev+a the original approach, is an annual open submission exhibition
in which all artists are encouraged to enter work in all materials, media,
and styles. Each year since 1979 an internationally experienced, renown,
curator, an "outsider" unfamiliar with the Irish art scene,
single-handedly assesses the submissions (typically 500 works of art),
selects the exhibition, decides on the character, and layout of the
exhibition in the galleries and alternative venues in Limerick City,
determines the awards, and contributes a statement/essay and conceptual
character to the ev+a catalogue.
Invited ev+a, a special section begun in 1994, is a biennial event in
which the Open ev+a adjudicator of the year personally invites the
participation of artists of international status, curates and places their
work in Limerick City and its environs, thus providing a counterpart to
the Open ev+a section.
ev+a c/o Belltable,
69 O' Connell Street,
Limerick City, Ireland
Tel: +353 61 316291
Fax: +353 61 314938
ev+a c/o Limerick City Gallery of Art,
Carnegie Building,
Pery Square,
Limerick City,
Ireland
Tel: +353 61 310633
Fax: +353 61 310228