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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/williamson-art-gallery-sweeneys-
 unquiet-islands-private-view/
SUMMARY:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Williamson Art Gallery: Sweeney's 
 Unquiet Islands: Private View
DESCRIPTION:\nSweeney’s Unquiet Islands: Private View\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 
 official opening of this all-new exhibition.\n\nThe Private View (PV) will
  feature a few words from the artist Martin McCoy\; The Williamson’s cu
 rator and the Festival\, along with live music. This will be the first opp
 ortunity to see 20+ artworks responding to the Buile Suibhne/Sweeney sto
 ry\, which considers identity and landscape\; mental health and fragility.
  Please see exhibition listing for more details.\nExhibition details\nSwee
 ney’s Unquiet Islands is an exhibition of original prints made by North
 ern Irish Wirral-based artist Martin McCoy.\n\nOrigin\n\nTaking their star
 ting point from the medieval Irish story Buile Suibhne (bˠɪlʲə ˈhɪ
 vʲnʲə or “Bwullya Hevna”)\, renamed Sweeney in modern texts\, Marti
 n uses the motif of landscapes -as described in the story- to create a con
 templation on our relationship to place and the role of location in shapin
 g identity.\n\nTo summarise\, the story describes the cursed life of Suibh
 ne (Sweeney)\, King of Dal Araidhe. Having fallen foul of the Christian Ch
 urch\, Sweeney is condemned. He is forced to spend his remaining years roa
 ming Ireland and the Western Isles\; at night\, in all weathers\, in a con
 stant state of anxiety. Stripped of his human status -and bound by his phy
 sical and metaphorical hunger- he questions his identity.\n\nArt\n\nMartin
 ’s etching series replies to the text. Manipulating known locations and 
 layering them in ways that create ambiguous qualities\, Martin mirrors Swe
 eney’s ravings. The images confuse and distort our understanding\, helpi
 ng us to question what we know about the images.\n\nThe exhibition will fe
 ature a show catalogue. The exhibit will feature additional works from Pam
 ela Sullivan’s The Forgotten. Also on display will be information about
  Hot Bed Press\, the local print studio in which exhibition was pressed.\
 n\nThe Liverpool Irish Festival proudly presents this exhibition in part
 nership with The Williamson Art Gallery (funded by Wirral Council).\n\n\
 n\n\n
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LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum\, Slatey Road\, Birkenhead\, Wirra
 l\, CH43 4UE\, Wirral\, United Kingdom
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