Seeing Georgian Limerick
27th November - 19th December 2008
Kieran Clancy, Sean Lynch, Eamonn O’Mahony, Deirdre Power
The historic and commercial centre of
To ask the four artists to photograph what they see in Georgian Limerick was an invitation to reveal what has been hidden by familiarity and neglect; architectural coherence, moments of monumentality. Images can show what is normally unseen; the richness of the interior decoration, the life of the lanes. Taken from oblique perspectives the photographs have the potential to uncover an unfamiliar Georgian Limerick. With the power of photography to focus attention and even to transform the ordinary and taken-for-granted it is hoped that the exhibition will help to define the character and value of Georgian Limerick.
Photography has been intrinsic to the Irish Georgian Society project since its initiation. Shortly after he set up the Society in 1958 Desmond Guinness commissioned Hugh Doran to photograph Irish country houses for an exhibition. At a time when eighteenth-century architecture was despised and under threat Doran’s carefully composed images celebrated the beauty of these houses, established their place in Irish culture and provided a record of those buildings that were later lost. The interest and passion of present president of the Society, Desmond FitzGerald, was first stimulated by another pioneering photographer, Standish Stewart, who, from the 1940s, was photographing the houses of
Kieran Clancy:
Professional Photographer with over 25 years experience, with a particular interest in architectural photography. He lives in
Sean Lynch:
Born in Kerry in 1978, he lives in Limerick and
Eamonn O’Mahony:
Professional Photographer since 1988; maintains a studio in
Deirdre Power:
Born in
