The Body Electric - Exhibition
The Model is delighted to present a new online programme on our digital platforms for adults, artists and the general public. The Body Electric features an online exhibition, a publication of contemporary writing, as well as our new Podcast series, which includes discussions, readings and performances. The project features work by a multitude of artists and writers including Claire-Louise Bennett, Tara Bergin, Dorothy Cross, Clodagh Emoe, Leontia Flynn, Marie Foley, Alice Lyons, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Rosie O’Reilly, George (AE) Russell, Jessica Traynor, Suzanne Walsh, John Butler Yeats and many others.
The Model is delighted to present a new online programme on our digital platforms for adults, artists and the general public.
The Body Electric features an online exhibition, a publication of contemporary writing, as well as our new Podcast series, which includes discussions, readings and performances.
The project features work by a multitude of artists and writers including Claire-Louise Bennett, Tara Bergin, Dorothy Cross, Clodagh Emoe, Leontia Flynn, Marie Foley, Alice Lyons, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Rosie O’Reilly, George (AE) Russell, Jessica Traynor, Suzanne Walsh, John Butler Yeats and many others.
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Frances Beckett / Dorothy Cross / Mary Duncan / Clodagh Emoe<br />
Marie Foley / John Gerrard / Hugh Douglas Hamilton / Ernest Hayes<br />
Eugene Higgins / Sean Keating / Louis le Brocquy / Janet Mullarney<br />
Mick O’Dea / Kathy Prendergast / George Russell (Æ) / Estella Solomons<br />
Frederick Ballard Williams / Jack B. Yeats / John Butler Yeats<br />
Curated by Emer McGarry<br />
<strong>The</strong> Model;<br />
home of <strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
07 Apr. - 30 May 2021
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
7 April – 30 May 2021<br />
<strong>The</strong> Model is delighted to present <strong>The</strong> <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>, a multi-disciplinary<br />
project that explores the human form, embodiment and the lived<br />
experience through key works from <strong>The</strong> Niland Collection.<br />
Artists have long been interested in representing the human figure in art.<br />
From early cave drawings, to formal portraiture and performance art,<br />
artists have utilised the human body as a subject matter to explore<br />
identity, to form social and political narratives, and to express beliefs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> works in this exhibition examine aspects of the way in which the<br />
human figure and the human spirit are evoked and represented in<br />
artworks to express the essence of what it is to be human, and the way in<br />
which we are all connected.<br />
<strong>The</strong> show takes Walt Whitman’s poem I Sing the <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> as its<br />
inspiration, and as it can’t be seen in the physical space at this time, we<br />
invited some of Ireland’s most acclaimed contemporary writers to respond<br />
to selected artworks through new poems and text based pieces. In this<br />
way, we invite you to view the exhibition through the eyes and interests<br />
of these writers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> project encompasses this online iteration of the exhibition; an<br />
accompanying publication bringing together images of the artworks with<br />
the writings; and a podcast series featuring discussions, readings and<br />
performances, all of which can be accessed on our website. We hope that<br />
you will enjoy it.<br />
Emer McGarry, 2021<br />
Artistic Director<br />
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Marie Foley (b.1959)<br />
Portrait, 1994<br />
wood, porcelain, metal<br />
280 x 100 x 450 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Graeve Collection<br />
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Dorothy Cross (b.1956)<br />
Stiletto II, 1994<br />
leather shoes and cow’s teats<br />
260 x 80 x 160 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Graeve Collection<br />
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Louis le Brocquy (1916-2012)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Táin - Medb, 1969<br />
lithograph on swiftbrook paper<br />
54 x 38 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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Louis le Brocquy (1916-2012)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Táin - <strong>The</strong> Morrígan, 1969<br />
lithograph on swiftbrook paper<br />
54 x 38 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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Ernest C. Hayes (1914-1978)<br />
Portrait of Margaret (Peggy Gilmartin), 1944<br />
oil on canvas<br />
89 x 69 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
Bequest of Dr. John P.M. Gilmartin, 2019<br />
George Russell (Æ) (1867-1935)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sower, N.D<br />
oil on board<br />
62 x 47 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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Kathy Prendergast (b.1958)<br />
Untitled, 1985<br />
watercolour and gold leaf on paper<br />
88.3 x 71 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957)<br />
Singing ‘<strong>The</strong> Minstrel Boy’, 1923<br />
oil on canvas<br />
44 x 59.5 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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George Russell (Æ) (1867-1935)<br />
Portrait Sketch of a Young Girl, N.D.<br />
crayon<br />
44.5 x 29.5 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
George Russell (Æ) (1867-1935)<br />
Portrait Sketch of a Young Woman in Headdress, N.D.<br />
crayon<br />
44.5 x 29.25 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
Frederick Ballard Williams (1871 - 1956)<br />
Woman in Country, 1901<br />
oil on board<br />
26.75 x 19.75 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
John Butler Yeats (1839-1922)<br />
Portrait of Elizabeth Pollexfen, N.D.<br />
oil on canvas<br />
30.5 x 25.5 cm<br />
On loan from a Private Collection<br />
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George Russell (Æ) (1867-1935)<br />
Portrait Sketch of a Young Woman in Headdress, N.D.<br />
crayon<br />
44.5 x 29.25 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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George Russell (Æ) (1867-1935)<br />
Portrait Sketch of a Young Girl, N.D.<br />
crayon<br />
44.5 x 29.5 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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John Butler Yeats (1839-1922)<br />
Portrait of Elizabeth Pollexfen, N.D.<br />
oil on canvas<br />
30.5 x 25.5 cm<br />
On loan from a Private Collection<br />
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John Butler Yeats (1839-1922)<br />
Self-Portrait, New York, 1920-22<br />
oil on canvas<br />
152.5 x 101.5 cm<br />
On loan from a Private Collection<br />
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Janet Mullarney (1952 - 2020)<br />
“My Mind is Frazzled”, 1991-92<br />
wood and mixed media<br />
210 x 188 x 78 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
Donated by the artist in December 2018<br />
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Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Racecard Seller, 1909<br />
oil on canvas<br />
35 x 25 cm<br />
On loan from the Department of the Taoiseach<br />
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John Butler Yeats (1839-1922)<br />
W.B. Yeats Reading in the Garden, Bedford Park, 1888-89<br />
oil on canvas<br />
46 x 61 cm<br />
On loan from a Private Collection<br />
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Mary Duncan (1885-1964)<br />
Stephen and Mary McKenna at Seaview Terrace, 1912<br />
oil on canvas<br />
67.5 x 55 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection
Eugene Higgins (1874-1958)<br />
Family Group, N.D.<br />
oil on canvas<br />
74.5 x 62 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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John Gerrard (b.1974)<br />
Watchful Portrait - Caroline, 2004<br />
interactive 3D computer graphics<br />
37.5 x 45 x 65 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Graeve Collection<br />
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Mick O’Dea (b.1958)<br />
Jobst Graeve, 2006<br />
oil on canvas<br />
116 x 89 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Graeve Collection<br />
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Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957)<br />
Leaving the Far Point, 1946<br />
oil on canvas<br />
34.5 x 45 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740-1808)<br />
Portrait of Maria Susanna Ormsby, N.D.<br />
oil on canvas on board<br />
67 x 61.5 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
Bequest Dr. John P.M. Gilmartin, 2019<br />
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Estella Solomons (1882-1968)<br />
Portrait of a Woman, N.D.<br />
oil on canvas<br />
48.5 x 39 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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Frances Beckett (1880-1951)<br />
Portrait of Estella Solomons, c. 1904<br />
oil on canvas<br />
92 x 70.75 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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George Russell (Æ) (1867-1935)<br />
Portrait of Kitsy Franklin, N.D.<br />
oil on canvas<br />
39.5 x 54.75 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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Marie Foley (b.1959)<br />
Monument to a Dead Man, 1989<br />
porcelain, bog oak, slate<br />
150 x 150 x 600 cm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Graeve Collection<br />
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Clodagh Emoe (b.1975)<br />
We Are and Are Not, 2015<br />
digital film, 20 min<br />
<strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
Frances Beckett / Dorothy Cross / Mary Duncan / Clodagh Emoe / Marie Foley<br />
John Gerrard / Hugh Douglas Hamilton / Ernest Hayes / Eugene Higgins<br />
Sean Keating / Louis le Brocquy / Janet Mullarney / Mick O’Dea / Kathy Prendergast<br />
George Russell (Æ) / Estella Solomons / Frederick Ballard Williams<br />
Jack B. Yeats / John Butler Yeats<br />
Curated by Emer McGarry<br />
<strong>The</strong> Model; home of <strong>The</strong> Niland Collection<br />
07 Apr. - 30 May 2021<br />
Publication Design<br />
Daniel Paul McDonald<br />
Image Credits<br />
<strong>Exhibition</strong> Photography;<br />
Daniel Paul McDonald<br />
Fine Art Photography;<br />
Ronan McCrea<br />
Peter Maybury<br />
Denis Mortell<br />
Nick Miller<br />
<strong>The</strong> Model; home of the Niland Collection<br />
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