Visions of an Unsettled Earth exhibition launched at The Hunt Museum

The official launch of Visions of an Unsettled Earth at The Hunt Museum by three artists – Debbie Godsell, Fiona Kelly, and Sarah O’Flaherty. Chairperson of The Hunt Museum Board of Directors, Donncha O’Treasaigh, Special guest was Anne Hodge, Curator of Prints and Drawings at The National Gallery of Ireland. Picture: Keith Wiseman

Visions of an Unsettled Earth explores ideas of temporality, transience and transformation within our current epoch, the Anthropocen

The official launch of Visions of an Unsettled Earth took place on the evening of Thursday, 18 May at The Hunt Museum. Chairperson of The Hunt Museum Board of Directors, Donncha O’Treasaigh provided opening remarks welcoming guests to the museum.

Visions of an Unsettled Earth explores ideas of temporality, transience and transformation within our current epoch, the Anthropocene. The exhibition brings together new and recent works made by artists Debbie Godsell, Fiona Kelly and Sarah O’Flaherty and positions humanistic interactions as a continuous collaboration and negotiation with the dirt beneath us.

This will be the third evolving iteration of collaborative exhibition between Godsell, Kelly and O’Flaherty. Through the success of their last public showing, all three Artists work were acquisitioned by the Crawford Art Gallery & IMMA for Your National Collection 2021 and since displayed together in Botanica, The Art of Plants, curated by Michael Waldron, Crawford Art Gallery 2022.

Brilliant night for official launch of Visions of an Unsettled Earth, featuring new & recent works by Artists Debbie Godsell, Fiona Kelly, & Sarah O'Flaherty. Special thanks to Anne Hodge, @NGIreland.

Runs until 14 July.
Free Admission.
Works are on sale.

📷 Keith Wiseman pic.twitter.com/g7Fa6nmV41

— The Hunt Museum (@HuntMuseum) May 20, 2023

The special guest was Anne Hodge, Curator of Prints and Drawings at The National Gallery of Ireland. The three artists – Debbie Godsell, Fiona Kelly, and Sarah O’Flaherty – each spoke briefly about their pieces and practice.

Finally, Jill Cousins, Director and CEO of The Hunt Museum gave closing remarks, commenting on how the exhibition fits into the museum’s focus of sustainability for the year 2023. Local artists and educators from the Limerick School of Art and Design were in attendance, including Deirdre Power, Fiona Quill and Alan Keane.

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