The 40th art biennial brings political vision to Limerick – and features a cafe as a unique work of art
There is a huge and fabulous tapestry by the Polish artist Goshka Macuga, and a selection of drawings by Joydeb Roaja, from Bangladesh, which have echoes in John Gerrard’s more recent Leaf Work, commissioned by Galway International Arts Festival in 2020 for Derrigimlagh bog, in Connemara.
What ties all these together is the thought that, while some artists make things that can be bought and sold, others are more occupied with exploring ways of thinking and being, even to the extent of living their lives as an expression of art. By this they mean living and working in a way that explores consequences, finds meaning and revalues what may otherwise appear meaningless or become forgotten.
In some ways EVA offers too rich a mix. The more visual works draw the eye. Rachel Fallon and Alice Maher’s epic textile The Map hangs in its own space at the Coach House of the People’s Museum, which makes perfect sense, as you couldn’t look at anything else with that in the room.
The layering of eras of art has the uncanny and occasionally dispiriting effect of making one realise that artists have been calling our attention to the issues embodied in this edition of EVA for decades, if not for centuries. Will it change anything? Cichoki says he is “trying to evacuate art from contemporary art, because contemporary art is an enclave of elitism and overproduction”. He has a point. On the other hand, the mainstream isn’t always the enemy.
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