BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240606 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240722 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:URSULA BURKE: These Fragile Monuments DESCRIPTION:Ursula Burke will create a tapestry frieze which investigates Irish historical\, art historical and contemporary representations of guerrilla warfare. The tapestry is inspired by the work of Norwegian tapestry artist Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970) who made a series of powerful tapestries representing images of resistance and highlighting the brutality of Nazi occupied Norway during World War II. The artist has invited Ukrainian weaver Zhanna Petrenko to weave the tapestry\, creating a thread between two countries and periods of time - Ireland and Ukraine\, both suffering oppression at the hands of a more powerful neighbour and both having common experiences of the devastating effects of famine.\n\n\n\nBurke will also create a sculpture of a battle - bruised dog modelled on 'The Jennings Dog' - a Greek bronze from the 2nd century CE - which will be covered in hand embroidered flames emblematic of all the houses and commercial premises that were burnt out by the Black and Tans. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Ursula Burke \;will create a tapestry frieze which investigates Irish historical\, art historical and contemporary representations of guerrilla warfare. The tapestry is inspired by the work of Norwegian tapestry artist Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970) who made a series of powerful tapestries representing images of resistance and highlighting the brutality of Nazi occupied Norway during World War II. The artist has invited Ukrainian weaver Zhanna Petrenko to weave the tapestry\, creating a thread between two countries and periods of time - Ireland and Ukraine\, both suffering oppression at the hands of a more powerful neighbour and both having common experiences of the devastating effects of famine.
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\nBurke will also create a sculpture of a battle - bruised dog modelled on &lsquo\;The Jennings Dog&rsquo\; - a Greek bronze from the 2nd century CE - which will be covered in hand embroidered flames emblematic of all the houses and commercial premises that were burnt out by the Black and Tans.

\n LOCATION:Crawford Art Gallery UID:e.2489.34114 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260430T195228Z URL:https://chamber.corkchamber.ie/events/details/ursula-burke-these-fragile-monuments-34114 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR