CAPSIZING ON YOUR HOLIDAYS
TADHG Ó CUIRRÍN
‘As I look over this beautiful land i can’t help but realize that I am alone Why am I able to waste my energy to notice life being so beautiful? Maybe partying will help What of the people who don’t have what I got? Are they victims of my leisure? To fail is to be a victim To be a victim of my choice Maybe partying will help‘ Minutemen – Maybe Partying Will Help
CYANOTYPE:
on jersey cotton
2020
Capsizing on your holidays
Capsizing on your holidays tries to walk a line between our social pleasures and our social anxieties. Tanning while others overheat. The joy of travel and the necessity of emigration. The global economy and its winners and losers. Lying on a beach and thinking about ecological disaster.
TADHG
Ó CUIRRÍN
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tadhger87@gmail.com
Tadhg Ó Cuirrín is an artist and teacher based in the west of Ireland. He received a BA in Fine Art, Painting from the Limerick School of Art and Design in 2009. His work was recently shortlisted for the Hennessey Craig Award at the RHA 192 nd Annual Exhibition. In November 2022 he will present new work at TULCA Festival of Visual Art in Galway. In March 2023 he
will present a new exhibition at the Custom House Studios in Westport. Recent solo and two person exhibitions include “The Unexamined Life” in July 2021, and “Magic, Metallic Saliva” with Karen Conway at 126 Artist Run Gallery in March 2022.
His work is supported by Ealaín na Gaeltachta, the Arts Council of Ireland, and Galway
County Council.