Mermaid Arts Centre, Main street Bray, Co Wicklow.

 

 

Aideen Barry / Stephen Brandes / Alan Butler / Mark Clare / Felicity Clear / Róisín Coyle / Culturstruction (Jo Anne Butler + Tara Kennedy) / Jennifer Cunningham / Clodagh Emoe / Fiona Hallinan / Seán Hillen / Jesse Jones / John Jones / Vera Klute / Sam Keogh / David Lilburn / Sean Lynch / Brian Maguire / Bea McMahon / Tom Molloy / Teresa Nanigian / Sorcha O'Brien / Dominic Thorpe / Saskia Vermeulen 

 

 The exhibition will by opened on Thursday 2 December at 6pm

by Brendan Keenan, Irish Independent columnist. It runs until Sat 12 February

 

 

 The Gallery is open 10am-6pm Monday to Saturday 

and until 8pm on performance evenings

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01 272 4030

 

Admission is free

 

 

 

         

 

  Above: research images Jennifer Cunningham

 

As the legendary investor Warren Buffett said, ‘Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.’  

 

Buffett’s celebrated metaphorical citation offers a humorous mental image of the serious repercussions of careless speculation, one befitting Ireland’s current economic situation with bank bailouts, disappearing billions and severe fiscal crisis. The Swimming Naked Prophecy will offer a range of responses by artists to Ireland’s current social, economic and political circumstances, the recent economic crash and the current mood in Ireland.