Eimear Walshe: MIXED MESSAGES FROM THE IRISH REPUBLIC

Through video and sculpture, MIXED MESSAGES FROM THE IRISH REPUBLIC explores the love and grief for a land entangled in colonial legacies, revolution, rebellion, and undelivered promise.

Walshe explores how the impact of Irish land struggles have shaped sexual politics, property ownership and power in Ireland today. Their work is rooted in community and collaboration, playfully using forms of popular culture from infomercials to soaps to navigate urgent issues of housing precarity, national identity and activism.

This is Eimear Walshe’s first UK solo show, and includes new work ROMANTIC IRELAND (2024) alongside the multi-channel video and sculptural installation, which was presented at the Irish Pavilion for the 2024 Venice Biennale of Art.

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About the artist

Eimear Walshe (b.1992, they/them) is an artist from Longford, Ireland. Their work traces the legacy of late 19th century land contestation in Ireland through private property, sexual conservatism, and the built environment. They have exhibited at the 2024 Venice Biennale, Van Abbemuseum, EVA International, the National Sculpture Factory, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, with work held in the collections of the Arts Council of Ireland and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

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Generously supported by Culture Ireland.