In ConversationThursday 10th February 7pm/ Free Artist Philip Napier and Declan McGonagle (Director of NCAD, writer, and former Director of IMMA) will discuss the current exhibition at OBG. |
The Work of Philip NapierThursday 10th March 7pm/ Free This talk provides an overview of Napier’s work by Professor Liam Kelly, with particular reference to early work. |
OBG Guest Lecture7pm/ Free OBG has commissioned a talk by Broadcaster and Journalist William Crawley to research and explore the themes driving Napier’s most recent body of work including historical and contemporary global trade routes and the changing hierarchies, and political nature of trade. This talk will provide crucial context to the issues that are being dealt with in the exhibition. |
A Beginners Guide to Art Bollocks
Tuesday 1st March
2pm/ Free
Jason Oakley editor of the Visual Artists News Sheet and Printed Project will provide a humourous initiation into the the language of visual art criticism, discussing key developments in art theory during this ‘post’ everything era. If an ‘educational turn’ sounds like a fainting spell in the classroom or ‘phallocularcentrism’ suggests a nasty eye infection then this is the talk for you. In his inimitable style Mr. Oakley will help you to navigate the art waffle and find your own way into the dense but intriguing forest of visual art language.
This event is complimentary to the OBG and VAI Critical Writing Competition 2011, an initiative which intends to encourage new art critics and writers. It is also part of the VAI Professional Development Training Programme for Visual Artists in Northern Ireland.
The Artist as Critic
Tuesday 8th March
2pm/ Free
An OBG discussion event in partnership with Visual Artists Ireland involving artist-writers Damien Duffy, James Merrigan and Michaële Cutaya.
There is a long history of the Artist as Critic, but what is the Artist’s contribution to critical discourse in the visual arts? Is there a critical vacuum of sorts that prompts artists to adopt the dual role of both artist and critic within the visual arts environment? How do artists shape the discourse around their own work and that of their peers? What are the difficulties and advantages in adopting this dual role?
This talk invites three artists who engage in critical writing to address these questions and their own concerns. It is part of an initiative by OBG to encourage new art critics and part of the VAI Professional Development Training Programme for Visual Artists in Northern Ireland.
