Vanishing Futures: Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art XII

Curated by Peter Richards
Sinéad O'Donnell will be performing 'Headspace: White Cube' for the 1st time in Northern Ireland on the opening night.
Vanishing Futures is the twelfth and final instalment of the Golden Thread Gallery’s series of Collective Histories exhibitions. For this, the final instalment, Peter Richards, the series instigator, will bring together works by a number of artists that have played their part in shaping and enriching his experience of living in Belfast for the last twenty years and more. The exhibition will feature works from the late 1970’s through to the present day and embrace, where plausible, the construct of world-weary déjà vu.
Tom Bevan; Charlie Bosanquet; Sinead Breathnach-Cashell; Lorraine Burrell; Lisa Byrne; Ursula Burke; Miriam de Búrca; Ian Charlesworth; Colin Darke; Maurice Doherty; John Duncan; Factotum; Ciara Finnegan; Graham Gingles; Gerry Gleason; Michael Hanna; Phil Hession; Tony Hill; Allan Hughes; Johanna Leech; Terry Loane; Lisa Malone; Shiro Masuyama; Michael Minnis; Locky Morris; Susan MacWilliam; Connor McFeely; Deirdre McKenna; Mary McIntyre; Moira McIver; William McKeown; Tonya McMullen; Philip Napier; Aisling O’Beirn; Ciaran Ó Dochartaigh; Sinead O’Donnell; Brendan O’Neill; Jack Pakenham; Paul Seawright; Gary Shaw; Dan Shipsides; Theo Sims; Victor Sloan; Peter Spiers; and Una Walker, Alastair Wilson; - See more at: http://goldenthreadgallery.co.uk/event/vanishing-futures-collective-histories-of-northern-irish-art-xii/#sthash.sJFiebAc.dpuf
Tom Bevan; Charlie Bosanquet; Sinead Breathnach-Cashell; Lorraine Burrell; Lisa Byrne; Ursula Burke; Miriam de Búrca; Ian Charlesworth; Colin Darke; Maurice Doherty; John Duncan; Factotum; Ciara Finnegan; Graham Gingles; Gerry Gleason; Michael Hanna; Phil Hession; Tony Hill; Allan Hughes; Johanna Leech; Terry Loane; Lisa Malone; Shiro Masuyama; Michael Minnis; Locky Morris; Susan MacWilliam; Connor McFeely; Deirdre McKenna; Mary McIntyre; Moira McIver; William McKeown; Tonya McMullen; Philip Napier; Aisling O’Beirn; Ciaran Ó Dochartaigh; Sinead O’Donnell; Brendan O’Neill; Jack Pakenham; Paul Seawright; Gary Shaw; Dan Shipsides; Theo Sims; Victor Sloan; Peter Spiers; and Una Walker, Alastair Wilson; - See more at: http://goldenthreadgallery.co.uk/event/vanishing-futures-collective-histories-of-northern-irish-art-xii/#sthash.sJFiebAc.dpuf
The series was initiated in 2005 with the launch of Post-War Pre Troubles. Each instalment to date has featured a guest curator, these include: Dr S.B. Kennedy; Brian McAvera; Dr Liam Kelly; Dougal McKenzie; Declan McGonagle; Dr Slavka Sverakova; Brian Kennedy; Máirtín Ó Muilleoir; Shân McAnena; Dr Cherie Driver; and Hugh Mullholland. Each curator has been charged with sharing their personal version of Northern Irish art history, influenced by their own expertise, areas of interest and chosen time frame.
The exhibition will be accompanied by the launch of the twelfth and final publication in the series, and the launch of a limited edition box set featuring all twelve publications.