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11/3/2009

Michelle Rogers

The Paul Kane gallery, Dublin

“I AM FROM WHERE I AM” Is an exhibition that explores my childhood memories of a small village in Cavan called Gowna. Full of mystery and wonder, constantly fuelling my young imagination – Gowna was the place my grandfather, Hugh Murray, called home.

My grandfather knew many things. He could fish, collect honey, grow food, make jam and cut turf. He knew the history and original Gaelic name of every townland we travelled through. He reclaimed those names with decided relish as an act of defiance over the Anglicisation of his beloved country. Seanachai at heart, he would tell us stories about the great hero’s of Odysseus and CuHulainn,their epic voyages and constant challenges . His world and his words painted pictures that filled the canvas of my youthful mind. Imagination unlocked, I have respectfully transported these images from the blur of youthful innocence, through the realties of adult ponderings and, ultimately, to the walls of the gallery.’

Bio:
Michelle Rogers is an Irish Artist who has shown extensively internationally over the last few years. She had a solo show in the Museum of Modern art, Guadalajara, Mexico in April 2005. She has also had solo exhibitions in Portland Maine, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, The Irish Arts Centre, New York, the Caelum Gallery New York and a recent catalogued exhibition at the prestigious Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot station, Los Angeles.

She has been involved in several prestigious group shows including an exhibition commemorating the 10th anniversary of the massacre in Srebenica, at the U.N. Plaza in New York, and the Four by Four group exhibition in China.

Image (C) 2009 THE PAUL KANE GALLERY

The Paul Kane gallery
6 Merrion Sq - Dublin
Hours: tue-fri 11-18, Sat 12-17

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