9 May, 2012
Eastbourne’s award-winning contemporary art museum is inviting visitors to hear from photographer and video installation artist Willie Doherty on Thursday 10 May.
The self-confessed “old-fashioned landscape artist” will speak about what it was like to put his current exhibition Disturbance together, which spans his 30 year career and discussed his most recent work in conversation with Declan Long.
Long has written extensively about Doherty’s work and is MA coordinator for Art in the Contemporary World at Ireland’s National College of Art & Design.
Eastbourne Borough Council Cabinet Member for Tourism and Leisure Cllr Neil Stanley said “We were very excited to launch Towner’s recent exhibition Disturbance which runs until the 24 June. The talk will allow visitors to hear from Willie Doherty in person as well as enjoy the huge impact his artwork makes on the viewer.”
Disturbance surveys the artist’s distinguished career from the mid 1980s to today – including Doherty’s most recent work Ancient Ground, shot on the peat bogs of County Donegal.
Doherty’s work begins with the land, exploring its relationship to memory and the multiple meanings a single image may have. His practice is rooted in the politics and landscape of his native Derry and the closeness of its border with the Republic of Ireland: "a perfect theatre of war". However, as Disturbance reveals, his work transcends the specifics of any particular environment to have a universal appeal.
The talk begins at 7pm on 10 May. Tickets are available through Towner’s website, at £8 or £6 concessions.
Disturbance exhibition is presented in association with Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane.
Towner is open Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays from 10am till 6pm.
For more information about what else is going on at Towner go to www.townereastbourne.org.uk or contact Towner on 01323 434670 or at towner@eastbourne.gov.uk.
