Chronoscope - Newman House, UCD - 85-86 St Stephen's Green
There were dreams that were called modernity. Today, we are inheritors of the architectures of these dreams, but what of the dreams themselves? As part of the Ábhar agus Meon exhibition series, artists from the Green On Red Gallery intervened in the spaces of Newman House, St Stephen's Green. Featuring new works by Alice Maher, Bea McMahon, Dennis McNulty, Paul Mosse, Niamh O'Malley and Nigel Rolfe, Chronoscope explored and interrogated the residual presences and absences of the opulent spaces of Newman House, giving voice to but also subverting the dreams for a modernity that never was. Originally constructed in 1738, Newman House was the original location of University College Dublin, and notable figures such as James Joyce attended lectures in the buildings. Today, the buildings house a rich collection of artistic and superb architectural heritage.
Curated by Ian Russell in collaboration with Jerome O Drisceoil, Director of the Green On Red Gallery, the exhibition was supported by the curator of Newman House, Ruth Ferguson.