RHA Gallery – 189TH RHA Annual Exhibition, Thurs at 10.15pm
Exhibitionists: Road to the RHA
New RTÉ One Programme sees Artists Compete to Showcase
Work at RHA Annual Exhibition
RTÉ One, Thursday 27 June, 10.15pm
The RHA Annual Exhibition is one of the most important dates on Ireland’s cultural calendar and an opportunity for all artists, professionals and amateurs alike, to have their work exhibited.
On Thursday 27 June at 10.15pm, RTÉ One television will broadcast Exhibitionists: Road to the RHA, an hour-long documentary following seven artists who are hoping to have work selected from the competitive open call. For the first time ever, cameras have been allowed behind-the-scenes at the 196-year-old Royal Hibernian Academy, including access to the judging process for the exhibition which is fondly known as ‘The Annual’.
The seven artists have been chosen from all over the country and each has their own story to tell. From Limerick’s Brian O’Rourke, a former cannabis dealer who learned to paint in prison; to Connemara’s Mo West who, at the age of 92, has just been accepted into Aosdána; to Mayo painters 19-year-old Hetty Lawlor, who’s never submitted before, and her father Jimmy, who’s submitted many times before, so far without success; to Laois’s chronic depression-sufferer Aishling Hennessey, for whom painting in a freezing cold barn at the end of her father’s garden is more than just a hobby – it’s survival; to Lucan’s Salvatore Fullam whose obsession with identity prompted him to change his name to Salvatore of Lucan; and Dingle based sculptor Mick Davis who makes work from recycled bicycle tyres and chains, most famously
for Game of Thrones. (Full artist profiles here).
The RHA 189th Annual Exhibition continues until 10 August. More information HERE.
Tune in to hear Abigail O’Brien PRHA speaking about the RHA Annual Exhibition and this documentary on The Pat Kenny Show at 9.20am tomorrow morning and Una Sealy RHA, Secretary will discuss the same on Arena, RTE Radio 1 tomorrow evening, from 7pm.
Opening Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 11am to 5pm
Wednesday 11am to 8pm
Sunday 12pm to 5pm
