Exhibition by Alen MacWeeney
11 August 2018
Showing in Kamera8 in Wexford until September 8th, 2018 Alen MacWeeney - The Country of Yeats. As a young man in the early 1960s, MacWeeney left his native Dublin for New York, where he worked over several years as an assistant to photographer Richard Avedon. He returned to what he called “the Ireland of my imagination” in the summer of 1965 on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the Irish poet, with the vision of a short-term project inspired by Yeats’ poetry and a desire to explore the people, places and settings that inhabited his words.
MacWeeney drew meaning for his photographs from the lines of Yeats’ poems, and in one of the two portfolios in the gallery, gave meaning to his photographs by pairing them with lines selected from Easter, 1916, Yeats’ most powerful political poem.
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New exhibition and education venue
22 September 2017
Delighted to see a new visual arts venue opening up especially one with a strong emphases on photography. Located in Wexford town, they have just had their Inaugural Photography Group Exhibition as part of the Wexford Féach Foto Event , organized in collaboration with the Wexford Arts Council and funded by Creative Ireland. For more information visit their website here. Kamera 8 describes themselves as follows:-
Kamera 8 is an art co-operative, also an exhibition and education space for photography and visual art. Located in the heart of the historic town of Wexford, Ireland, Kamera 8 sets out with a cultural agenda focused on standards, innovation, relevant education and cultural exchange between Ireland and correspondent art organisations throughout the world. Kamera 8 will be working with both artists and members of the public in creating an active and democratic artistic hub, a space for exhibitions, knowledge and dialogue, with the goal of growing and nurturing the public’s interest in photography and visual art in the context of the wider cultural life of Wexford and Ireland. Founded by photojournalist Claudio Nego, curator Anya von Gosseln and photographer Michael Snoek, with several decades of experience between of them and strong professional backgrounds, Kamera 8 creates the premises for a high standard approach but also for an integrative, multicultural experience.
Wishing them every success in the coming years.