Pluck

Curatorial collaboration of art historians Sarah Kelleher & @Rachelwarriner_
Championing innovative work and re-examining histories of contemporary Irish art

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

We are delighted to announce the launch of From Pride in Diversity to Standing Fast: Out Art, 1996 – 2001

Platforming the work of LGBTQ+ artists, Out Art showcased the work made in the wake of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland in 1993. https://t.co/JcKHzas0BN

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

This project was made possible by the generosity and thoughtful contributions of numerous people and we would like to thank all the artists and writers who have allowed us to reproduce their work, and those who have supported this project's development.

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

We are delighted to announce the launch of From Pride in Diversity to Standing Fast: Out Art, 1996 – 2001

Platforming the work of LGBTQ+ artists, Out Art showcased the work made in the wake of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland in 1993. https://t.co/JcKHzas0BN

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

Designed by Niall Sweeny, designer for several of the original catalogues, the publication reflects on Out Art’s legacy and images a community of people working to understand what it meant to make and show queer art at the turn of the Millennium in Ireland.

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

This project was made possible by the generosity and thoughtful contributions of numerous people and we would like to thank all the artists and writers who have allowed us to reproduce their work, and those who have supported this project's development.

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

Designed by Niall Sweeny, designer for several of the original catalogues, the publication reflects on Out Art’s legacy and images a community of people working to understand what it meant to make and show queer art at the turn of the Millennium in Ireland.

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

‘FROM PRIDE IN DIVERSITY TO STANDING FAST: EXHIBITING QUEER CULTURE IN OUTART 1996-2001’ https://t.co/RwH9YvDlTZ

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

sorry, should have tagged @AHK1973

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

Now on show in the @RHAGallery: @padraigspillane's interview with Andrew Kearney on his experience exhibiting in the first OutArt exhibition in 1996 offers insight into the ways this impacted his burgeoning national and international practice.

📷 Merge, Andrew Kearney, 1991

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

This conversation is the fourth chapter of our research project From Pride and Diversity to Standing Fast: Exhibiting Queer Culture in OutArt 1996-2001 - more to come soon!

With sincere thanks to @padraigspillane and Andrew Kearney & @rhagallery @forarthistory for their support

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

Featuring interviews by @padraigspillane with @ProfCathHarper, Andrew Kearney and Niall Sweeney, and between ourselves and Mick Wilson, Louise Walsh and Alan Phelan, this series of videos will play in the Atrium of the @RHAGallery and will be available on their website.

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

We are delighted to announce that the next chapter of our collaboration with the @RHAGallery goes live this week!

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

'From Pride in Diversity to Standing Fast: Exhibiting Queer Culture in OutArt 1996-2001' is an oral history of the OutArt exhibitions, a series of group shows that focused on the work of LGBTQ+ artists in the years following the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland.

[Cork Midsummer Festival @CorkMidsummer]

Well done @Pluckprojects for curating a thoughtful, surprising, open and engaging visual arts programme for this year's festival.

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

@padraigspillane @CorkMidsummer ❤️❤️

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

And we're done!! CONNECTION @CorkMidsummer finished yesterday after 2 weeks of incredible exhibitions, performances & conversations!

📷 by Jed Niezgoda: Colm Keady-Tabbal, @padraigspillane & Amna Walayat

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

Congratulations to all at @CorkMidsummer @LorraineMaye, for a wonderful festival, and thanks so much to the team for all their support.

And finally thanks so much to everyone for coming, it was so rewarding to share this work and hear all your responses!!

[Pluck @Pluckprojects]

Thanks so much to the amazing artists - Rachel Fallon, @padraigspillane, Colm Keady-Tabbal, Amna Walayat, Kate O'Shea (@RumpusX) and Siobhán Kavanagh - for their exciting projects. Thanks to our wonderful invigilators for their brilliance and care.