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888-616-0274
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Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday
In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days
Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
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Gallery hours by appointment
Monday—Friday | 10am—6pm
Please call 212-757-3318 x203
Exhibition will be available to view by appointment until December 14.
Artist Talk & Reception
Monday, September 10 | 5:30pm
FREE | Reservations Encouraged
SCHEDULE
5:30—6pm Reception
6pm Talk
Post-talk Reception to Follow
Through her art practice, internationally celebrated Dublin artist Bernie Leahy picks apart visceral human connections, finding and laying bare the vulnerability in each chosen subject matter. In this exhibition, Leahy has created an evocative series of stitched drawings and small sculptures, embodied with a variety of media including gold leaf, uncut diamonds and acrylic on linen and canvas. Fragments of the human form—eyes, mouths, glances—capture Leahy’s personal moments and stories and imbues them with a sense of passion and energy.
“Her work plays many emotional chords, there is a common thread of kindness and humanity behind all the pieces.”—Irish Arts Review Magazine
“Prolific and brave in her use of materials.”—Dr. Audrey Whitty, National Museum of Ireland
Why Are We is the first of three consecutive exhibitions at Irish Arts Center with a focus on textile art. Belfast-based Ursula Burke will join in winter 2019.
Supported by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland
Why Are We appears in New York Textile Month September 2018
Bernie Leahy is part of the Iconic Textiles Conference at Parson's College on September 14, 2018.
