ARTICLE: “In my imagination, it was true”: Margins of Excess #exhibition #artist talk @maxpinckers @BelfastExposed @BelfastPhotoFes #photography https://mrulster.com/2019/06/17/in-my-imagination-it-was-true-margins-of-excess-exhibition-talk-by-max-pinckers/ via @MrUlster
“In my imagination, it was true”: Margins of Excess exhibition talk by Max Pinckers
“In my imagination, it was true”: Margins of Excess exhibition artist talk by Max Pinckers by Allan LEONARD 14 June 2019 As part of the Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast Exposed is hosting an exhibition of Margins of Excess, by Max Pinckers. The artist gave a talk about this project in the gallery, describing how he... Continue Reading →
ARTICLE: @BelfastExposed #PostTruth #photography #exhibition talk: The new normal of the undefined, abstract, and make believe @BelfastSchArt @BelfastPhotoFes @drobbartist @fieldsawake #fakenews https://mrulster.com/2019/05/31/belfast-exposed-exhibition-talk-post-truth-the-new-normal-of-the-undefined-abstract-and-make-believe/ via @MrUlster
Belfast Exposed exhibition talk: Post Truth: The new normal of the undefined, abstract, and make believe
Belfast Exposed exhibition talk: Post Truth: The new normal of the undefined, abstract, and make believe by Allan LEONARD 30 May 2019 Belfast Exposed is hosting a group exhibition displaying the work of graduate students of the MFA Photography programme at Ulster University (UU). The theme is “Post Truth”, which aims to explore how we... Continue Reading →
I enjoyed attending the launch event of this #art #exhibition that reflects upon #NorthernIreland internally displaced people during #TheTroubles. Here's my brief write up: https://mrulster.com/2019/04/11/burn-t-out-crimes-against-social-cohesion/ via @MrUlster
Burn/t Out: Crimes against social cohesion
Burn/t Out: Crimes against social cohesion by Allan LEONARD 10 April 2019 One of the criticisms of the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement is that it did not satisfactorily scope out mechanisms for dealing with the legacy of the conflict in Northern Ireland; the focus was forging a consensus on exclusively non-violent means of pursuing politics.... Continue Reading →
ARTICLE: Decisive moments at Belfast City #Hospital: A #streetphotography #exhibition by Tuck GOH @ArtsCare21 @BelfastTrust @paula_mchugh @cplawlor #artsinhealth #photography #art #NorthernIreland https://mrulster.com/2019/01/18/decisive-moments-at-belfast-city-hospital/
Decisive moments at Belfast City Hospital
Decisive moments at Belfast City Hospital: A street photography exhibition by Tuck Goh by Allan LEONARD 17 January 2019 At the Tower Gallery in City Hospital, I arrived with some time to spare in advance of the official start of an exhibition of street photography by Tuck Goh. I took a seat and watched passers-by... Continue Reading →
Transforming memories of war into memories of peace: Imagine Peace
Transforming memories of war into memories of peace: Imagine Peace by Allan LEONARD 18 September 2018 Imagine Peace is a photography exhibition launched at Belfast Exposed as part of Good Relations Week, featuring artists Ingrid Guyon and Antonio Amador with their Colombian peacebuilding subjects. The exhibition is part of a creative peace project called “FUTyoURES”,... Continue Reading →
Reflected Lives: broadening the canvas of the past
Reflected Lives: broadening the canvas of the past An oral history project at a Belfast interface by Allan LEONARD 10 April 2018 Joe O’Donnell (Strategic Director, Belfast Interface Project) told the audience that the auspicious date for today’s exhibition launch was no accident. With reference to the much-publicised conference at Queen’s University Belfast, featuring key... Continue Reading →
Solace or detachment in our journeys? Translink photography exhibition
Solace or detachment in our journeys? Translink photography exhibition by Allan LEONARD 9 August 2017 Passengers who have travelled through Belfast Central Station this summer have had an opportunity to meet others captured in photographs by students from Ulster University’s School of Art. The public exhibition of large prints mounted onto easels is named “Journey”,... Continue Reading →
Conflicting Images: Ulster Museum
Conflicting Images: Ulster Museum by Allan LEONARD 26 July 2017 As part of its Collecting the Troubles and Beyond initiative, the Ulster Museum currently has an exhibition called Conflicting Images: Photography during the Northern Irish Troubles. In a loose chronology there are 140 images from a variety of photographers. International photojournalists arrived with increased disturbances.... Continue Reading →