Gallery Walk & Talk

Duration: 60mins
Price: Free, booking required 

Join artist, lecturer and Head of School at the Royal Hibernian Academy Colin Martin in the gallery where he will lead a walking tour of the exhibition Moments of Being. Covering a range of thematic threads, he will discuss the work of individual artists in the context of contemporary painting practice.

This group exhibition exploring the diversity of approaches to painting displays works by thirteen Irish artists - Laura Fox, Paul Hallahan, Elizabeth Magill, Colin Martin, Ciarraí MacCormac, Eleanor McCaughey, Eve O’Callaghan, Lesley-Ann O’Connell, William O’Neill, Ciara Roche, Annette Smyth, Mark Swords, Lee Welch.

Colin Martin is an artist and lecturer based in Dublin. He is currently the Head of School at the Royal Hibernian Academy. Working primarily in painting, his practice explores the role of technology and digital cultures in our lives. His most recent exhibition Empathy Lab was held in the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, and toured to the Highlanes Gallery in Drogheda. This year Martin is the curator for the RDS Visual Arts Awards, which showcases the work of leading visual arts graduates and held in the RHA.