LCGA Exhibitions

Labour & Lockout

The Lockout in Dublin was of Shakespearian proportions - heroes and villains conform to the complexity of the Shakespearian idea and triumph is often nuanced.

In making the centenary of the Lockout and in consideration of the social history of Ireland as it played and is playing out, LCGA joins in a national consideration of the work of Contemporary Art in drawing attention to the social issues of our times.  Underwritten by the notion that we do best homage to the part by living - really living in our present - the work of 9 artists is brought to Limerick to bring our present into high relief.  Our National Question has become one fo the bond market; the traditional labour in our communities is becoming a legal grey area; the protest of craft-workers at their redundancy at the hands of exported manufacturing, the georgraphy around industry and how it affects our towns; our struggle to be individual and the question around our Ireland of the future; our connection to international models of labour and profit as well as the notions of Public Space - examining all these aspects now pays homage to the struggle for self determination and for consultation that embodies the reason for the Great Lockout of 1913, which involved workers of the City and exiles from the Countryside alike.

Artists in LCGA's exhibition include: Anthony Haughey, Deirdre Power, Deirdre O'Mahony, Mark Curran, Sean Lynch, Jesse Jones, Megs Morley/Tom Flanagan, Darek Fortas.

Deirdre Power, Seduction of Place, ducal print