Dorothy Walker: evaluating the legacy
A Panel Discussion to accompany the exhibition at NCAD Gallery ‘more adventurous thinking..’ from the archive of Dorothy Walker..
Monday, 7th October -
5.30pm, Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre, NCAD
Dorothy Walker: evaluating the legacy
A panel discussion to accompany the exhibition at NCAD Gallery
‘more adventurous thinking..’ from the archive of Dorothy Walker with artist response from Seamus Nolan.
and to provide an appreciation and evaluation of Dorothy Walker's work
and of her legacy in the visual arts in Ireland.
Contributors
Luke Gibbons (Professor of Cultural Studies, NUIM)
Christina Kennedy (Senior Curator, IMMA)
Declan McGonagle (Director, NCAD)
Des Bell (Head of Academic Affairs, NCAD (Chair)
The audience are invited to view the exhibition (open all day, Monday 7th October until 5.30pm) and to join the discussion.
Dorothy Walker played a pivotal role in many of the most significant events in Irish visual art in the second half of the 20th century including the Rosc Exhibitions, the Guiness-Peat Aviation Awards and the foundation of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Her book Modern Art in Ireland (1997) provides the first critical account of the modernist movement in the visual arts in Ireland.
Please read more information on the exhibition here
