Untitled, from the series Association
Brian Newman
Brian Newman, Untitled, from the series Unsettled Border
About the Artist:
Brian Newman is a photographer and filmmaker. He studied at University of Ulster, graduating with a BA (Hons.) Visual Communication and was awarded an MFA in Photography in 2016. His work has been widely exhibited in Ireland as part of Gallery of Photography Ireland’s Reframing the Border 5-year programme supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs Reconciliation Fund and the department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, organised in partnership with the Nerve Centre and the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny. An artist’s monograph Association, supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Gallery of Photography Ireland will be published in 2022. Newman’s series Unsettled Border focuses on the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, an institution that exists within the divide of Irish and British identities. The work reflects on the remoteness and isolation of border Lodges, where diminishing numbers of Orange Order members secure the fraternity’s ageing meeting places. Newman’s work presents a portrait of the Orange Order that seeks to go beyond stereotypical representations to reveal a more nuanced, considered perspective.
Details: Archival pigment inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Baryta, 60x70cm (paper size), uneditioned print, produced 2021, acquired for the National Photography Collection 2022.
About the National Photography Collection:
The National Photography Collection builds on the Gallery’s sustained commitment to supporting artists in the development and promotion of their work. Through collaboration, we hope to grow the collection as an archive repository offering an overview of photographic practice in Ireland.
As an essential critical and historical resource, the National Photography Collection is an exciting initiative for the Gallery and for the future of Irish photography. We are deeply honoured that the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins has agreed to be Patron of the Collection.
The artists featured in the Collection are:
Ciarán Óg Arnold; Enda Bowe; Noel Bowler; Ala Buisir; Simon Burch; Dorje de Burgh; Krass Clement; Shia Conlon; Martin Cregg; Mark Curran; Ciaran Dunbar; John Duncan; Tessy Ehiguese; David Farrell; Kevin Fox; Paul Gaffney; Clare Gallagher; Emer Gillespie; Karl Grimes; Anthony Haughey; Seán Hillen; Patrick Hogan; Tobi Isaac-Irein; Dragana Jurišić; Jamin Keogh; Jialin Long; Markéta Luskačová; Shane Lynam; Alen MacWeeney; Dara McGrath; Moira McIver; Yvette Monahan; Tony Murray; Brian Newman; Kate Nolan; Miriam O'Connor; Kenneth O'Halloran; Mandy O'Neill; Tony O'Shea; Pete Smyth; Nigel Swann; Harry Thuillier Jr; George Voronov and Róisín White.