Cork artist Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: 'Tapestry is this richly material historic form of storytelling'

Ní Bhriain currently has an exhibition at the Kerlin in Dublin 
Cork artist Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: 'Tapestry is this richly material historic form of storytelling'

Cork artist Ailbhe Ní Bhriain. ailbhe ni bhriain

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain’s exhibitions tend to be provocative. They often take the form of elaborate multi-screen film installations, using cutting edge technology to explore subjects as arcane as the parallels between ancient mythology and the present day climate crisis.

However, her latest - Interval Two (Dream Pool), at the Kerlin Gallery in Dublin - focuses on other aspects of her practice, including as it does three large-scale Jacquard tapestries, a series of framed pigment prints and two sculptures cast in resin and polyurethane.

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