Labour of Love: Glucksman exhibition gathers art themed around the care economy 

Curators at the UCC gallery underline how the theme of unpaid or poorly-paid work in the home is one many artists can relate to 

Minutes of Silence, by Liesel Burisch, is one of the pieces at the Labour of Love exhibiton at the Glucksman, UCC. 

 Housework, farm work and compulsory work in institutions are just some of the subjects explored in the exhibition Labour of Love: Economies of Care in Contemporary Art at the Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork.

“The care economy is something we wanted to look at in the context of the university and contemporary art trends,” says Fiona Kearney, the director of the Glucksman, who curated the show with her colleague Katie O’Grady. “It’s the kind of work that is often unpaid, or pays badly, and relates primarily to female labour in the home. This is something that the UN is looking at, and something that our colleagues here in the university, as economists and social scientists, are looking at because it has a huge relevance to all of us in society.”