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Art and Archaeology: The Ábhar agus Meon Exhibition Series

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In the summer of 2008, I curated a series of contemporary art projects entitled Ábhar agus Meon as part of Ireland’s hosting of the Sixth World Archaeological Congress at University College Dublin. The projects were placed in the shared spaces between the contemporary arts, archaeology and heritage in Ireland. This article is a reflective statement and contextualisation of the projects and their outcomes. Full information and images of all the works are available at: www.amexhibition.com

“The freedom and range of modern art has increased our understanding and appreciation of the arts of the past. The confrontation of early Irish works and modern ones will further illuminate and augment the appreciation of the ancient art of Ireland.”

Michael Scott, Rosc ‘67

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Portions of this text were originally published in Russell 2008.

  2. 2.

    For more information on the Ábhar agus Meon exhibition series, please see: http://www.amexhibition.com, or for the Sixth World Archaeological Congress, please see: http://www.ucd.ie/wac-6.

  3. 3.

    Additional events featured work by experimental archaeologists, artists and performers as part of the conference proceedings and exhibition displays of the Sixth World Archaeological Congress under the banner of the World Archaeological Congress Fringe. More information on these events and those involved can be found at: http://iarchitectures.com/amexhibition/wacfringe.html. Accessed 8 July 2013.

  4. 4.

    For an excellent discussion of the impact of the heritage paradigm in Ireland see Brett (1996).

  5. 5.

    For further information on Newman House see: http://iarchitectures.com/amexhibition/newmanhouse.html. Accessed 8 July 2013.

  6. 6.

    A previous contemporary art project occurred in the Salloon of No. 85. It was curated by Gavin Delahunty as part of a Gallery 3 project of the Douglas Hyde Gallery in 2005.

  7. 7.

    For a discussion of the role of artists in place-activation, see Warwick (2006).

  8. 8.

    For more information on Rolfe’s work, please contact the Green On Red Gallery, Dublin.

  9. 9.

    For more information on Maher’s work, see http://www.alicemaher.com or contact the Green On Red Gallery, Dublin.

  10. 10.

    For in-depth discussions of Paul Mosse’s work, see Marshall (2007) and Mosse (2007, 2008).

  11. 11.

    For information on McNulty’s work, see http://www.dennismcnulty.com or contact the Green On Red Gallery, Dublin.

  12. 12.

    For more information on O’Malley’s work, see O’Malley (2008) or contact the Green On Red Gallery, Dublin.

  13. 13.

    For a history of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, see Childers and Stewa (2003).

  14. 14.

    For more information on Hallinan’s work, see: http://www.notalittlepony.com.

  15. 15.

    For more information on the work of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, see http://www.stateofchassis.com.

  16. 16.

    For more information on Parker’s work, see http://andyp.co.uk.

  17. 17.

    For more information on McCarthy’s work, see http://www.carolinemccarthy.net.

  18. 18.

    For more information on Byrne’s work, please contact the Green On Red Gallery, Dublin.

  19. 19.

    For more information on Cross’ work, please contact the Kerlin Gallery, Dublin.

  20. 20.

    For more information on Hillen’s ‘Irelantis’ series, please see http://www.irelantis.com or http://www.seanhillen.com.

  21. 21.

    For more information on O’Connor’s work, see O’Connor 2007 or contact the Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland.

  22. 22.

    For more information on Watson’s work, see Watson 2004 or http://www.monumental.uk.com.

  23. 23.

    See footnote 2.

  24. 24.

    For more information on Fluxá’s work, see http://www.barbarafluxa.blogspot.com.

  25. 25.

    The important contribution of the work of Bill Rathje to the consideration of contemporary garbage as a subject of archaeological enquiry should be noted. See Rathje and Murphy 2001.

  26. 26.

    For a discussion of the limitations of object-oriented curatorial practice in museums, see Cooke (2005).

  27. 27.

    For more information on Fitzgerald’s work, see http://www.tomfitzgerald.ie or Fitzgerald (2004).

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Acknowledgements

Ábhar agus Meon was funded by:

Foras na Gaeilge, Humanities Institute of Ireland, UCD, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame, Sixth World Archaeological Congress, University of Notre Dame Office of Research, UCD.

Special thanks to:

Andrew Cochrane, Ciaran Beattie, Lian Bell, Niall Bergin, Beth Bland, Georgina Carrigan, Eamonn Ceannt, Mary Conlon, Pat Cooke, Prof. Gabriel Cooney, Tadgh Corcoran, Mary Cremin, Edward Cunniffe, Stephen Davis, Deirdre Davitt, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Ruth Ferguson, Prof. Chris Fox, Deirdre Greaney, Green On Red Gallery, Health Sciences Building, UCD Services, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ros Kavanagh, Aishling Kennedy, Christina Kennedy, Kilmainham Gaol, Helen Lewis, Sarah Ling, Conor Lucey, Sheena Malone, Peter Maybury, Dominic Martella, Angela McAteer, Conor McDermott, Valerie Norton, Eilis O’Brien, Blaze O’Connor, Jerome O Drisceoil, The Office of Public Works, Ciarán Ó Gaora, Aidan O’Sullivan, Muiris O’Sullivan, Claire Percy, School of Archaeology, UCD, Matthew Torney, Barry White & Ken Williams.

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Russell, I. (2014). Art and Archaeology: The Ábhar agus Meon Exhibition Series. In: Russell, I., Cochrane, A. (eds) Art and Archaeology. One World Archaeology, vol 11. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8990-0_6

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