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The first steps to
install Dublin City Gallery The Hugh’s Lane’s first-ever outdoor
exhibition were taken over the weekend of 20th May 2006
Six giant bronze Hare sculptures, by one of the world’s most
renowned sculptors, Barry Flanagan, were installed on O’Connell
Street for one of the most exciting, eye-catching exhibitions
ever seen in the Capital. Barry Flanagan on Dublin’s O’Connell
Street will be a world-class exhibition featuring ten pieces -
eight Hares, a playful elephant and a pair of cougars.
The complete exhibition, which is being installed as part of the
celebration surrounding the reopening of the Gallery and the
refurbishment of O’Connell Street, will be in situ by 27th June,
when the last piece will be unveiled by the artist himself. The
exhibition is being organised in collaboration with IMMA.
“This is a major coup not only for the Gallery but also for the
city of Dublin,” said Barbara Dawson, Director of Dublin City
Gallery The Hugh Lane. “This is Flanagan’s first exhibition in
Ireland and it’s incredibly exciting to be able to bring art
onto the street where it can be viewed in people’s very own
environment”.
Beginning on O’Connell Bridge, the Hares will progress up the
central median of O’Connell Street and along Parnell square to
the Gallery’s forecourt. “Barry Flanagan’s monumental bronzes
have been exhibited in other prestigious streetscapes such as
Park Avenue in New York and the Champs Elysées in Paris and this
unique and quite exceptional exhibition demonstrates Ireland’s
ability to host world-class exhibitions in the heart of the
capital city. Exhibitions of this quality and reputation ensure
that Ireland remains a key player on the international stage and
will attract, not only local and national interest, but
world-wide visitors too,” said Ms Dawson.
NOTES RE ARTIST:
Barry Flanagan is one of the world’s foremost figurative
sculptors and the ten chosen pieces will allow the general
public the opportunity to engage with the exhibition as it
threads down the central median of O’Connell Street and along
Parnell Square to the Hugh Lane Gallery Forecourt.
The giant hares range in height from 3m to 9m (9ft – 23ft
approx) and weigh several tons apiece.
Born in Prestatyn, North Wales, Barry Flanagan has lived in
Dublin since 2000 and has become an Irish citizen. The six works
installed over the weekend of 20th May 2006 are:
An Unlikely alliance (Cougar and Elephant) Outside McDonalds
The Thinker on Rock Opposite Easons
Acrobats Site of Anna Livia Central median
Hare and Bell Site of Anna Livia Central median
Nijinsky South of Father Matthew Statue Central Median
Drummer Nearly opposite old Aer Lingus offices, between trees on
final median
For further information contact Rachel Sherry at Grayling on 087
6622111 or Dublin City Press Office on 086 8150010
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