Douglas Hyde Gallery

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The Douglas Hyde Gallery
Gailearaí Dhubhghlas de hÍde
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Installation photograph of 'Fotografias' by Fischli/Weiss in Gallery 1, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, March 2009
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Location within Central Dublin
Established1978
Location Nassau Street, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates 53°20′36″N6°15′28″W / 53.343274°N 6.257726°W / 53.343274; -6.257726
Type Contemporary art gallery
DirectorGeorgina Jackson
Website douglashydegallery.com
A small selection of covers from The Douglas Hyde Gallery's recent publications. Clockwise from top left: Matthew Day Jackson, Fergus Feehily, Ciaran Murphy, James Castle. Bookshop2.jpg
A small selection of covers from The Douglas Hyde Gallery's recent publications. Clockwise from top left: Matthew Day Jackson, Fergus Feehily, Ciaran Murphy, James Castle.

The Douglas Hyde Gallery is a publicly funded contemporary art gallery situated within the historical setting of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. [1]

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When the Gallery opened in 1978, it was for a number of years Ireland's only public gallery of contemporary art. Today, in an abundance of smaller galleries and exhibition spaces in Dublin, The Douglas Hyde Gallery continues to sustain its reputation for holding exhibitions by some of the most established and well-regarded Irish and international artists working today[ citation needed ].

The Douglas Hyde Gallery consists of two exhibition spaces that are used to show concurrent exhibitions, which often have a relating theme or tone.

In 2017 Georgina Jackson was appointed director, taking "over from John Hutchinson who was director for 25 years." [2]

Galleries

Gallery 1, designed by Paul Koralek of ABK Architects, is the Gallery's main space and has played host to solo-exhibitions by renowned artists such as Fischli/Weiss, Marlene Dumas, Gabriel Orozco, Mona Hatoum and Peter Doig. Notable Irish artists who have exhibited in Gallery 1 include: Dorothy Cross, Willie Doherty, Gerard Byrne, Patrick Graham, Patrick Hall, Michael Warren, Kathy Prendergast, Aleana Egan, Sam Keogh, Niamh O'Malley, Isabel Nolan, and Sean Lynch. [3]

Installation photograph of 'The Paradise [4]' by Marlene Dumas in Gallery 2, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, December 2001 Marlene Dumas the-douglas hyde gallery.jpg
Installation photograph of 'The Paradise [4]' by Marlene Dumas in Gallery 2, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, December 2001

Gallery 2, which opened in 2001, was designed by McCullough Mulvin Architects. In addition to exhibitions by contemporary artists, this space was often used by director John Hutchinson to show small collections of ethnographic objects and artefacts, or outsider art, which are generally marginalised by larger museums and galleries. The most popular of these exhibitions have included: Nepalese Shamanic objects, [4] Japanese Tea Bowls [5] and Ghanaian Asafo Fante Flags. [6]

A number of exhibitions in Gallery 2 fall under ‘The Paradise’ series of shows, which invites artists to create a new work or present a series of works based on their own idea of ‘The Paradise’. As of February 2011, there have been 34 exhibitions in The Paradise series.

Publications

The Douglas Hyde Gallery produces publications for many of its exhibitions. These books can take the form of exhibition catalogues, artists’ books or curated projects and, while extremely different in content, they all share a similar exterior presentation. Since 2002, the Gallery has published over forty books in this small, hardback format.

The Leaves & Papers series of books and leaflets is an ongoing project which allows The Douglas Hyde Gallery to produce and publish ideas, images and texts relating to a specific theme or concept which does not always relate directly to the Gallery's programme.

Another ongoing series of books documents the Galley's programme while also highlighting some of the central principles of the Gallery and its exhibitions. The books explore ideas about visual culture, identity, and spirituality through carefully selected texts and imagery. These books include: the bread and butter stone, 1997; Patmos, 1999; 33 Happy Moments, 2003; Alabama Chrome, 2007; The Bridge, 2008; Questions of Travel, 2009; Saunter, 2010.

Music

The Douglas Hyde Gallery has become increasingly well known for its programme of musical events.[ citation needed ] In recent years, Cat Power, Sufjan Stevens and Laura Veirs have all played in the Gallery. Sometimes the musical performances relate directly to exhibitions: In 2008, Jandek performed a concert to coincide with an exhibition of his album covers and in 2009, Jim White played a gig to celebrate the opening of his exhibition of ephemera from the American South.[ citation needed ] It is more often the case that the performances and exhibitions share a mood or atmosphere rather than a direct connection.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Douglas Hyde Gallery review, Time Out , Dublin.
  2. "Douglas Hyde Gallery appoints new director". 1 August 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  3. "Art Workshop". 2 May 2023.
  4. "The Douglas Hyde Gallery: Nepalese Shamanism Ritual Objects from Nepal, with photographs by Kevin Bubriski". Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  5. "The Douglas Hyde Gallery: Japanese Tea Bowls". Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  6. "The Douglas Hyde Gallery: Asafo Fante Flags". Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2010.