URGENCIES (2023)
Launch: Saturday 21 January 2021, 7–9pm
Pre-launch performance: Monday 16 January 2023, 1–4pm
URGENCIES (2023) is the third outing of CCA Derry~Londonderry’s biennial exhibition selected from an open call. The exhibition seeks to present a snapshot of just some of the many preoccupations of early-career artists working today with a connection to our region.
The work in URGENCIES (2023) range in media from painting to textile, print, mixed media, film, text and site-specific drawing and installation. The artists respond to the world in which we find ourselves with heartfelt and sometimes wry work considering the energy and climate crises (Yasmine Robinson, Sarah Diver Lang), reflections on the peace process (Richard Magee), gentrification (Silvia Mandic), identity and language (Miach Malachy, Chloe Austin), mental health (DreamBean), loss, isolation and survival as an artist (Daniel Coleman, Julie Lovett).
Husk Bennett is creating new work responding to the news headlines on 'Blue Monday', the 'most depressing day of the year'. On Monday 16 January 2023, 1–4pm CCA is opening its doors during the install for visitors to see Husk making the new work. The work looks at the trivialisation of humanity by the media and capitalism and will remain on display throughout the exhibition. URGENCIES (2023) will launch in full on Saturday 21 January 2023, 7–9pm.
The artists were selected by Artist Joy Gerrard and CCA Director Catherine Hemelryk and the project is presented both in CCA and offsite. Keep an eye on CCA’s social media (@CCADLD) and this page for full details of full events and locations.
Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Image: Chloe Austin, To the hands that held before me, 2023.
A digital version of the exhibition guide is available here.
An online map of locations is available via Google Maps here.
CCA Derry~Londonderry
10-12 Artillery Street, BT48 6RG
Opening hours: Tuesday–Saturday, noon–6pm, excluding 11 February 2023
Gallery 1 (clockwise)
Daniel Coleman
Washing Line, 2023
Oil, plywood & tape on linen
Ready For The Road?, 2022
Oil on linen
Away In The Head, 2022
Oil on linen
Remnants of Last Night’s Fire, 2023
Grate, ash and palm. Site-specific installation
Richard Magee
Ghost in the Machine says some thing’s in the way (after Willie Doherty), 2022
Acrylic and oil paint, plaster, inserted handkerchief and ink on canvas
Gallery 2 (clockwise)
Yasmine Robinson
The Pits, 2022
Oil and soft pastel on calico, crochet wool artists frame
Green-Cheeked Parakeet, 2022
Oil, gouache, pigment, soft pastel on calico and wool crochet artists frame
Love Bugs, 2022
Oil, gouache, soft pastel on calico with crochet wool artists frame
Sunset Lover, 2022
Oil, spray paint, soft pastel, pigment, glitter and collage on calico stuffed with paint rags with Murano glass
Sarah Diver Lang
Energy Quilt, 2022–23
Textile
Silvia Mandic
Making a Way (Old Movie House), 2022
Video / moving image
Husk Bennett
Untitled (Intervention-Performance), 2023
Durational drawing
Gallery 3 (clockwise)
Chloe Austin
To the hands that held before me, 2023
Video, lino prints
DreamBean
A Snail’s Manifesto, 2023
Mixed media - poster, sculpture and badge
Julie Lovett
Success Strategy. 2022–23
Digital video, 11min 56 sec
Miach Malachy
an radharc ón fhuinneog chúil. the view from the backseat, 2023
Video | Físeán
Offsite: Derry Central Library
35 Foyle Street, BT48 6AL
Opening hours: Monday 9am–8pm, Tuesday–Wednesday 9am–5.30pm, Thursday 9am–8pm, Friday–Saturday 9am–5.30pm, Sunday closed.
Chloe Austin
To the hands that held before me, 2023
Lino prints & books selected by Derry Central Library staff
Offsite: Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin
37 Great James St, BT48 7DF
Opening hours: Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm, excluding holidays
Chloe Austin
To the hands that held before me, 2023
Lino prints
Miach Malachy
an radharc ón fhuinneog chúil. the view from the backseat, 2023
Video | Físeán
Offsite: The Rainbow Project
20 Strand Road, BT48 7AB
Opening hours: Daily during daylight hours
Chloe Austin
To the hands that held before me, 2023
Lino prints
Offsite: Art Arcadia Cottage
Palace Street, BT48 6PS
Opening hours: Daily during daylight hours
Daniel Coleman
Secret Sanctuary / Tearmann Rúnda, 2022
Oil, plywood & pebble on linen
Download a sensory map for URGENCIES (2023) here.
