#alice maher

[diana-andraste]

Collar (with blooded ox-hearts) from Portraits series, Alice Maher, 2003

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[abwwia]

A detail from “The Sibyls” by Alice Maher, one of several works chosen for the Biennale. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh; Artwork: Alice Maher/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York source : https://archive.is/MASdy#selection-5251.0-5263.85

Alice Maher RHA (born 1956) is a contemporary Irish artist working in a variety of media, including sculpture, photography and installation. via W

[theeyeballwoman]

Alice Maher at Kevin Kavanagh

Tonight, I attended the opening of Alice Maher's exhibition 'The Sibyls' at the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Chancery Lane, Dublin 8. The venue was packed. Loved the detailed drawing of hair in all of Alice's drawings.

The Sibyls were women who lived apart from society in ancient times. Many believed that these women could foretell the future.

Alice's exhibition will run until 11th Oct 2025.

My favourite drawing is 'Sibyl III' because it appears different from the others. The nude figure is bent under her nest of hair instead of balanced on top of it.

[profeminist]

A Monumental, Feminist Textile Work, Cobbled Together by Mail

“The Map” is a redress of Christianity’s, and the Irish State’s, distortions of human sexuality and the feminine.

"Reading this map, one navigates mythical territories (“Outer Sanctimonia,” “Slag Island,” “Heterotropia”), sea monsters (“Prejudice,” “Poverty,” “Ignorance,”), and fantastic topographies (“The Mounds of Mam,” “Hierarchy Heights,” “Super Ego Falls”).

Sister star systems “Pecatrix Minor” (the body of a pregnant woman) and “Pectrix Major” (a single mother with two small children) indicate punishments for unmarried Irish mothers, while “The Little Laundress” and “Ten Cigs” constellations indict Ireland’s notorious treatment of women inside church-run asylums known as Magdalene Laundries, which operated between the mid-18th and late-20th centuries; according to the artists’ research, the only possession allowed these women was 10 cigarettes. "

Read the full piece and check out photos of the artwork here: https://hyperallergic.com/709294/a-monumental-feminist-textile-work-cobbled-together-by-mail/

[neoyorzapoteca]

Alice Maher, The Music of Things 4 (2009)

[abwwia]

Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon, "The Map" at Rua Red Gallery (R. Kavanagh)

[neoyorzapoteca]

Alice Maher, Romance (2014)

[neoyorzapoteca]

Alice Maher, The Music of Things 2 (2009)