Christopher and Mark in Glennagross, from the series Moyross Study, 2017-present (ongoing)
Jamin Keogh
Jamin Keogh, Christopher and Mark in Glennagross, from the series Moyross Study, 2017-present (ongoing)
About the Artist:
Jamin Keogh (b. 1982) holds a 1st class honours BA in Photography (IADT), a Masters in Art and Research Collaboration (IADT), and a 1st class honours Masters in Social Science (NUIM). Jamin has been involved as an artist, curator, and a visiting lecturer at numerous Irish third level institutions. His work has been shortlisted for the Inspirational Arts Award, and been shown at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). Moyross Study was exhibited in the 2018 PhotoIreland Festival, and was selected to represent Ireland at Unseen Amsterdam as part of the inaugural FUTURES Platform. The artist’s long term research project, A Constant Parameter, was selected by an international jury to be part of New Irish Works and was presented for the first time at the PhotoIreland Festival (2019). Moyross Study is a response to Henri Lefebvre’s argument that space is not a natural given, but instead is a social construct based on economic systems, hierarchical power structures and the class system, which shapes human perception and limits agency and autonomy. The project also considers Lynsey Hanley’s work Estates: An Intimate History (2007), in which the author describes the overwhelming sense of segregation that exists in communities situated in social housing developments such as Moyross.
Details: Archival pigment inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Baryta, 50x70cm (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.