August 5, 2024
Artists

Review: Lismore Castle Arts, ‘Each now, is the time, the space’


Lismore Castle Arts stages exhibitions at historic venues in and around the scenic village of Lismore and its eponymous 11th-century castle, in Waterford, Ireland. Currently on show are site-specific installations by Aleana Egan, Caroline Agruirre, and Niamh O’Malley, in addition to an annual group exhibition, ‘Each now, is the time, the space’, featuring artists Veronica Ryan, Leonor Antunes, Rhea Dillon and Alexandre da Cunha.

The latter show is curated by Habda Rashid, senior curator of Modern & Contemporary art at Kettle’s Yard and the Fitzwilliam Museum. She has brought together the four artists, all of whom work with sculpture and found phenomena, with an ethos inspired by the work of legendary experimental musician and artist John Cage, from whom Rashid also took the exhibition’s title.

‘Each now, is the time, the space’ at Lismore Castle Arts

Lismore Castle Arts group show ‘Each now, is the time, the space’

Installation view, ‘Each now, is the time, the space’, 2024

(Image credit: Courtesy: Lismore Castle Arts. Photography: Jed Niezgoda)

‘Music is very important to me; it’s the first creative art form that I encountered through family members singing Pakistani songs for different occasions. I suppose that was very spontaneous and Pakistani qawwali [sung poetry] always played in the house,’ Rashid explains. ‘I shifted to Western music, like most people growing up in the UK, but my formative years [were influenced by] Pakistani music.’





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