Exhibition Opening
Join us to Celebrate our Latest Exhibitions!
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Join us at Photo Museum Ireland for the launch of two exciting new exhibitions: 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘣𝘺𝘮𝘦 by Sharon Murphy and 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘯’𝘵 𝘎𝘰 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 by Emma Spreadborough.
Celebrate the work of two exceptional Irish artists and enjoy an evening of art, conversation, and connection in the heart of Dublin.
All welcome—no booking required.
GALLERY 1
Sharon Murphy 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘣𝘺𝘮𝘦
Photo Museum Ireland is delighted to present the Irish premiere of Sharon Murphy’s new body of work Mise en Abyme, which focuses on Parisian carousels and theatrical décor during moments of stillness and silence. Drawing on her background in theatre and informed by concepts from psychoanalysis and magic realism in literature, this new work highlights Murphy’s longstanding interest in staged spaces and the performative in photography.
GALLERY 2
Emma Spreadborough
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘯’𝘵 𝘎𝘰 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨
Presenting the first solo Irish exhibition of Emma Spreadborough’s You Mustn’t Go Looking, an imaginative body of work that draws on the remnants of ancient tradition to address contemporary experience in Northern Ireland. Spreadborough takes inspiration from the writing of Brian Friel and his concern for the magical past in Ireland’s present-day culture. Friel’s play, Dancing at Lughnasa, explores Ireland’s mix of religion and politics and how these factors play out within the home. Using interior, domestic spaces as an analogy for safety, structure, and control, where, beyond the relative safety of the home, the landscape is regarded as dangerous and Pagan.