Nerve Visual Exhibition Programme

NERVE VISUAL EXHIBITION PROGRAMME 2018–2019 NERVECENTRE.ORG

NERVE VISUAL

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FREE ADMISSION

Supported by the European Union’s PEACE Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.

THE LOST MOMENT CIVIL RIGHTS, STREET PROTEST AND RESISTANCE IN NORTHERN IRELAND, 1968–69 27 April – 17 June 2018 A group exhibition that looks anew at the Civil Rights movement in Northern Ireland fifty years on from the marches and peaceful protests that immediately preceded the Troubles. Curated by Sean O’Hagan, writer on photography, art and culture for The Guardian and The Observer, it locates the movement in the wider context of the global street insurrections that erupted in 1968, from Paris to Prague, Chicago to London. Featuring Steve Schapiro, David Hurn, Josef Koudelka, Ian Berry, Gilles Caron, Clive Limpkin, David Newell-Smith, Buzz Logan, Barney McMonagle, Eamon Melaugh, Larry Dickinson and Tony McGrath.

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Courtesy of the Trustees of the Buzz Logan Photographic Archive / Linen Hall Library

COLIN DAVIDSON – SILENT TESTIMONY 23 June – 16 September 2018 Silent Testimony, an exhibition of portrait paintings by internationally renowned artist Colin Davidson, reveals the stories of eighteen people who are connected by their individual experiences of loss through the Troubles – a turbulent 30-year period in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s onwards. Until this exhibition, the artist, who grew up in Belfast and studied art at the University of Ulster, had not responded overtly to what he witnessed or personally experienced during the Troubles. Silent Testimony is a powerful response which reflects on how the conflict has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on thousands of individuals – the injured, their families, the families of those who died and the wider community.

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Thomas O’Brien (detail) 2014-15 © Colin Davidson

SPEECHES, STRIKES & STRUGGLES: CURATING CONFLICT 04 October – 23 December 2018 Speeches, Strikes & Struggles: Curating Conflict presents rarely seen collections highlighting the significant events and cultural heritage of the Troubles from 1968 to the present day. The exhibition will showcase material from the Bridget Bond and Gerry Lynch collections, related to civil rights, housing action and socialist movements in Derry~Londonderry. The newly acquired Peter Moloney collection, which paints an incredible and holistic visual interpretation of culture and identity across Northern Ireland over the past 50 years, will also be on display for the first time.

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Š Derry Journal

TROUBLES ART 19 January – 28 April 2019 Drawn from the Ulster Museum, National Museums Northern Ireland art collection, this exhibition provides a broad representation of responses to the Troubles by a range of artists from Northern Ireland and beyond. The subjects, themes and meanings of the works are diverse and offer the perspectives of the artists themselves. Some works are direct responses to violence inflicted on innocent victims. Some are shaped by the social and political outlook of the artists. Others capture visual aspects of conflict and division. Together they evoke a variety of experiences and emotions that reflect on the causes, impact and complexity of the Troubles. Troubles Art will include works by Willie Doherty, Rita Duffy, Gladys MacCabe, Mary McIntyre and Jack Pakenham.

Image: BELUM.P2438 Woman in Bomb Blast

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1974/1 (1974) McWilliam, F. E. 1909-1992 Š F. E. McWilliam Estate Collection Ulster Museum

DRUM: PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE – KEVIN FOX

May – June 2019 Over a year, Derry~Londonderry photographer Kevin Fox worked with the people of Drum to create a unique photographic portrait of this County Monaghan village. Fox’s evocative photographs reflect the resilience of the people and capture the pastoral beauty of Drum’s undulating drumlins and lakes. The exhibition also gives voice to the strong sense of history and cultural identity of the largely Protestant and Presbyterian village, and highlights the ways in which the community is meeting the social and economic challenges facing small towns and villages across Ireland today.

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Image: Drum 2017 © Kevin Fox