Our Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Baile na mBocht | Andrea Newman
Dates: 5 September – 3 October 2024
Location: Studio 12, Backwater Artist Studios
Days/Times: Tues-Fri, 10am-5pm
Baile na mBocht is an exhibition displaying the work and research of Cork based artist Andrea Newman investigating the history of and ongoing neglect of social housing in Mayfield. She has been exploring this subject matter through motifs of death and the use of lost Irish language. The Irish word for Mayfield is Baile na mBocht but the direct translation to English is town of the poor. This comes from the area being the site of a leper colony, today now sixty percent of the area consists of social housing in disrepair. Black mold and a bad landlord. Where do we go from here? This exhibition was developed during Andrea’s time at Backwater with support of the Ciarán Langford Memorial Bursary.
Andrea Newman is a visual artist working and living in Cork City. In her work she utilizes lost Irish language to explore Ireland’s current housing crisis. She specifically is interested in documenting socioeconomic issues within this work. She combines photography and print in her work and has explored installation and bookmaking to combine her use of these mediums. In 2023 she graduated from Crawford College of Art and Design with a first-class honors degree in Fine Art. She was awarded the Ciarán Langford Memorial Bursary with Backwater Studios and the Roberts Nathan Student of the Year Award with Lavit Gallery. She is a member of Sample Studios. She most recently exhibited in The Reading Room, at Muine Bheag Arts.
TRANSITUS
Mary Bowen Galvin, Éadaoin Glynn & Oonagh Hurley
Dates: 12 September – 11 October
Location: The Long Space
1st Floor, Backwater Artist Studios
Wandesford Quay
Days/Times: Tues-Fri, 10am-5pm
Opening: Friday, 20 September, 5pm. As part of Culture Night.
Visual artists Mary Bowen Galvin, Éadaoin Glynn and Oonagh Hurley are interested in untold and hidden narratives of the female experience in the male world. Each of the three artists is currently experiencing a period of transition in their practice as they explore different methods of expressing shared themes of memory and hidden histories through a female lens. This exhibition responds to the nature and meaning of a corridor space, as reflecting the position and views of women. A corridor is a transient, undefined space travelled through. No one owns it. It is separated and other. It is not quite inside or outside. There are glimpses into rooms and of the outside world, within view but out of reach. It may symbolise a journey from one part of life to another.