Changing States:
Ireland in the 21st Century
Contemporary photography from Ireland
Curated by Trish Lambe, Darren Campion and Ralph Goertz
"Changing States: Ireland in the 21st Century" is the first major group exhibition to use the medium of photography to highlight and make visible the changes in Irish life. It focuses on the first decades of the 21st century, which marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the state. The exhibition presents 34 contemporary artists in the large exhibition hall and the project room of Haus am Kleistpark, providing an overview of the development of contemporary photography in Ireland for the first time.
Featured artists: Ciarán Óg Arnold, Audrey Blue, Enda Bowe, Noel Bowler, Simon Burch, Ala Buisir, Martin Cregg, Eamonn Doyle, Ciarán Dunbar, John Duncan, Robert Ellis, David Farrell, Anthony Haughey, Conor Horgan, Shane Hynan, Bernadette Keating, Jamin Keogh, Shane Lynam, Martin McGagh, Yvette Monahan, Trish Morrissey, Seamus Murphy, Brian Newman, Jackie Nickerson, Kenneth O’Halloran, Shannon Ritchie, Pauline Rowan, Paul Seawright, Niamh Smith, Daragh Soden, Amelia Stein, Lorraine Tuck, Tommy Weir, Donovan Wylie
Statement from Barbara Esch Marowski, Director, Haus am Kleistpark
Art has a long tradition as a medium of resistance, reflection, and social change. Artists can use their work for protest and to amplify the voices of those who often go unheard. Freedom of speech is a fundamental right that applies without restriction in Germany. In the same vein, there is absolutely no place for discrimination of any kind nor anti-Semitism. Haus am Kleistpark is an inclusive municipal art space and a place of diversity, experimentation, and critical discourse: Archive - Exhibitions/Events.
In protest against the current political stance of Germany regarding the conflict in the Middle East, several Irish artists have withdrawn their participation in the exhibition Changing States: Ireland in the 21st Century at short notice. We respect this decision as a form of protest.
In the forum available to us, we focus on what we all have in common: the desire for peace in the Middle East. Our exhibitions serve as a platform to explore and discuss social discourses, and the artists participating in the exhibition share this aspiration.
An exhibition by the Department of Art, Culture, Museums Tempelhof-Schöneberg in cooperation with the IKS Düsseldorf and Photo Museum Ireland as part of Zeitgeist 24, an initiative of Culture Ireland and the Embassy of Ireland in Germany. In media partnership with ARTE.
