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Irish Examiner
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Labour of Love: Glucksman exhibition gathers art themed around the care economy
Housework, farm work and compulsory work in institutions are just some of the subjects explored in the exhibition Labour of Love: Economies of Care in Contemporary Art at the Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork. 'The care economy is something we wanted to look at in the context of the university and contemporary art trends,' says Fiona Kearney, the director of the Glucksman, who curated the show with her colleague Katie O'Grady. 'It's the kind of work that is often unpaid, or pays badly, and relates primarily to female labour in the home. This is something that the UN is looking at, and something that our colleagues here in the university, as economists and social scientists, are looking at because it has a huge relevance to all of us in society.' As Kearney points out, it is often the case that artists who are mothers struggle to find the time and space to make work. 'This has emerged as quite a significant discussion within contemporary art practice. They have to balance their participation in residencies, for instance, with their responsibilities as parents. 'When we were preparing the show, however, we knew we didn't want to really focus on the subject through a feminist lens, we wanted to do a show that would be as inclusive as possible, while keeping the focus on unpaid or low paid work, and specifically on that idea of the carer. After all, both genders are bound by different stereotypes of work practices. A man might be doing low paid labour on a building site, for instance, when he might love to be at home caring for his children. There's certain things that society expects you to be.' Fiona Kearney, director of the Glucksman, with minister Patrick O'Donovan at Laura Fitzgerald's artwork at the gallery. Labour of Love is inclusive not just in terms of gender, but also in its international breadth. Of the twelve artists participating, four are Irish, four are European, two are British, one is Australian, and one is South American. 'We're an island nation,' says Kearney, 'and it's important to make international connections. Otherwise the wider world mightn't pay attention. Two of the artists, Jamie Martinez and Caroline Walker, are represented by galleries in New York, for instance, and those gallerists are now looking at our artists' work and sharing details of our exhibition and our website within their networks. You'd hope that might lead to more opportunities for the other artists in the show.' Labour of Love opens with the Danish artist Liesel Burisch's series of 15 one-minute videos, Minutes of Silence. 'Liesel is a relatively early career artist who wouldn't have shown in Ireland before,' says Kearney. 'It's not just in Ireland, but all over the world, that people are aware of taking a moment of silence, to pause and reflect. Liesel has filmed these fairly random groups, including animals. It's a gentle work, and quite comic, but also, I hope, it invites the visitor to take a moment to ask, can we enter into this exhibition with that sense of dignity that we feel should be afforded to the people that are represented in it?' Work in the home is explored by the Scottish artist Caroline Walker in a series of paintings and lithographs. 'This is Caroline's first time showing in Ireland. It's a real privilege for us; she's got a big show that's just opened at the Hepworth in Wakefield, and I suspect she's going to be a global superstar. A lot of her work that we specifically requested for this show was of her mother, who helps care for her child. One painting shows her mother checking a bottle of milk, while another shows her cleaning the toilet. It's a beautiful acknowledgement of the importance and value of that kind of labour.' The subject of forced labour is touched on in Amelia Stein's photograph, Laundry, which depicts a stack of freshly folded white linen. 'Amelia's work honours the women in the Magdalene Laundries,' says Kearney. 'We've shown the work along with a piece of 19th century Limerick lace on loan from Cork Public Museum. Lace making was women's work. It brought in an income and helped families survive when no other work might have been available. It's a history that isn't celebrated very much. We don't acknowledge the economic power that women were given in that moment because it was ripped away from them again by the time the Irish state was established.' Stock Check by Caroline Walker. The most prominent work in the exhibition, and certainly the one most popular with children, is Laura Fitzgerald's Rural Stress (Landini); a large tractor constructed of welded steel, accompanied by a selection of drawings of rural tasks and activities. 'I really must give kudos to my colleague Katie O'Grady here,' says Kearney. 'We had a long chat about how we could include the rural in the show. In Ireland, as you know, so much labour around the farm happens in a family context. Farm work is never ending. Everyone gets pulled into it, and it is often very thankless. 'Katie approached Laura and asked her to participate. Laura is fabulous. She's a super artist who's making really funny work. I mean, her drawings are so observational, and again, they're made with Sharpie pens on paper. And her tractor has turned out to be the sleeper hit of the show.' There will be another mix of Irish and international artists in Rinn, the next show at the Glucksman, which will be curated by the Japanese gallerist Wahei Aoyama and the West Cork designer Joseph Walsh. Rinn tours to the Glucksman at the end of July, having premiered in Tokyo in April as part of the Ireland Japan 2025 programme. 'We're the only Irish venue the exhibition will run in,' says Kearney. 'The project has grown organically out of the Making In symposium Joseph hosts every year in his studio in Riverstick. O'Donnell and Tuomey Architects, who designed the Glucksman, have partnered in those. They were out in Japan when Rinn opened there, and they'll be part of the exhibition here as well. We'll be celebrating 21 years since the Glucksman first opened in October, so it's a nice homecoming for them.' Labour of Love: Economies of Care in Contemporary Art runs at the Glucksman until July 6. Rinn opens on July 26. Women's Work, a documentary film on the artist Caroline Walker, screens at the Kane Building, UCC at 2pm July 5. Further information:
RTÉ News
01-05-2025
- Business
- RTÉ News
Climate Risk Register sought following extreme weather
The Heritage Council is calling for a climate risk register for heritage, saying that extreme weather events have already demonstrated vulnerability. The Council's Chief Excecutive Virginia Teehan said the country's "wonderful historic landscapes are really threatened". "The storms knocked many trees in North Leinster, many of the grand estates and domains, I know hundreds of trees were knocked, and these are all part of the history of that place," she said. "Equally, buildings which are built on flood plains, for example, in 2009 the massive flooding that devastated Cork city, it also impacted a leading cultural institution, the Glucksman gallery." The Taoiseach attended the council's Heritage Horizons conference at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham and promised continued government support "Ireland's heritage is central to our identity and sense of place - it connects our communities, strengthens our society, and shapes how we see ourselves in the world. But it also faces significant challenges, including the impact of climate change on our natural and built environment. "The Government is committed to addressing these through sustained investment and targeted policy development, ensuring heritage continues to contribute to our economic, social and environmental wellbeing," he said. Heritage funding did increase by 174% in the years from 2019 to 2024, and the number of staff in the Heritage Council doubled. There has also been an increase in heritage related staff in local authorities and the council is calling for this to continue. The Heritage Council is arguing there is a credible economic argument for supporting the sector, saying it contributed €4.6 billion every year to the economy and supported 62,000 jobs in 2022. It is also calling for a review of the 1995 Heritage Act "to reflect Ireland's evolving heritage landscape, particularly the need to better protect intangible cultural heritage, biodiversity, and digital heritage." Climate already a 'live issue' Keynote speaker at the KIlmainham event, musician Iarla Ó Lionáird said climate is already a live issue. "The fallacy is, I suppose that we, we go around thinking that these changes are coming downstream, that they're not here now, that they won't affect us. They do affect people in rural Ireland in very profound ways, flooding, difficulties with harvesting, with agriculture, very, very serious difficulties with water quality. "These are puzzling to me, profound difficulties that we tend to make light of. But they're very serious, very serious for public health, very serious for long term well being of our own health, our own well being, and other creatures we share the space with," he said. Another speaker, ecologist and writer Anja Murray told RTÉ News that one of the tragedies of losing parts of natural heritage is that subsequent generations don't even know what it is missing - a phenomenon known as the shifting baseline syndrome. "For example, we know now that there has been a 70% decline in many of our commonest butterfly species. So the teenagers of today won't realize the difference, the dearth of butterflies that there would be compared to, say, 20 years ago, and each new generation comes at this without the perspective of what we've actually lost," said Ms Murray Ms Teehan believes that heritage is essential for climate resilience. "Heritage is not only at risk from climate change - it is also part of the solution," she said. "While rising temperatures, extreme weather, coastal erosion and increased rainfall already pose significant threats to elements of our national heritage - from coastal sites and wetland habitats to traditional building stock - heritage also offers powerful tools for resilience. "Traditional skills, nature-based solutions and cultural knowledge can help strengthen climate adaptation and support Ireland's transition to a more sustainable future," she added. Community theme central to discussions That community theme was central for one speaker on the Identity panel discussion at Kilmainham. Musician Breandán Ó Beaglaoich from the Chorca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht says planning policy which prevents young people building a home in their own area threatens Gaeltacht communities. "I didn't really hear anything about the Irish language being strangled at source," he said. "It has flowed down through the generations. There's an interest and a love for it by the young people, and they're being caused to suffer by these laws, and it's killing the language at source." He agrees climate must be a priority, but says Gaeilge and Gaeltacht communities must be protected. Mr Ó Lionáird, who is from Gaeltacht Mhúscraí in West Cork agrees that language, heritage and environment are intertwined. "Everything we do that embraces heritage has to do with the living space that we occupy, and you can't divorce it from issues to do with how we treat the planet, how we treat our environment, whether it be local, or national, or global. "We have tremendous challenges here in Ireland with regard to the stewardship of the lived environment, industrial policy, agriculture and in fact, all of the human activities that we associate with modern living have a direct impact on the environment," said Mr Ó Lionáird.
Euronews
06-03-2025
- Politics
- Euronews
Glucksmann to European leaders: Forget Trump, choose joint borrowing
Europe Europe News Radio Schuman Euronews - Copyright Canva & AP By Maïa de La Baume & Eleonora Vasques Published on 06/03/2025 - 8:29 GMT+1 • Updated 12:52 Share this article Comments Ahead of the Extraordinary European Council meeting in Brussels, Glucksman urges EU leaders not to rely on the US anymore and to invest time and resources in common borrowing. ADVERTISEMENT In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Raphaël Glucksman, a prominent French socialist, urged the 27 EU member states to abandon their reliance on the United States, speaking to Radio Schuman on today's podcast. Glucksman recommended swift action on using frozen Russian assets to mobilise funds, halting imports of Russian LNG gas, and agreeing on joint borrowing to strengthen the bloc's defence capabilities in the long term. As a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees, as well as the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, Glucksman has recently engaged extensively with French media to urge France and the European Union to act swiftly and make decisive commitments regarding Ukraine. Radio Schuman is hosted and produced by Maïa de la Baume, with journalist and production assistant Eleonora Vasques, audio editing by Johan Breton. Music by Alexandre Jas. Go to accessibility shortcuts Share this article Comments ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT
Euronews
06-03-2025
- Politics
- Euronews
Glucksmann to European leaders: Forget Trump and choose joint borrowing
In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Raphaël Glucksman, a prominent French socialist, urged the 27 EU member states to abandon their reliance on the United States, speaking to Radio Schuman on today's podcast. Glucksman recommended swift action on using frozen Russian assets to mobilise funds, halting imports of Russian LNG gas, and agreeing on joint borrowing to strengthen the bloc's defence capabilities in the long term. As a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees, as well as the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, Glucksman has recently engaged extensively with French media to urge France and the European Union to act swiftly and make decisive commitments regarding Ukraine.
